Rhizopsammia goesi

Classification

Dendrophylliidae [family]
Rhizopsammia [genus] (2)
goesi [species]

Classification

Dendrophylliidae [family]
Rhizopsammia [genus] (2)
goesi [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Notes on presence status Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

    Publications

    • Cairns, S.D. 1977. A review of the recent species of Balanophyllia (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the western Atlantic, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(1): 132-148.
    • Hoeksema, B.W., Hove, H.A. ten 2017. The invasive sun coral Tubastraea coccinea hosting a native Christmas tree worm at Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 59-65.
    • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.