Box Fire Coral Millepora squarrosa

Classification

Milleporidae [family]
Millepora [genus] (5)
squarrosa [species]

Classification

Milleporidae [family]
Millepora [genus] (5)
squarrosa [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
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  • Klein Bonaire
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  • Saba Bank
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  • Sint Eustatius
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Klein Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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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, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Saba.

    Publications

    • Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2013. Saba Bank research expedition 2011 - Progress report. 46 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
    • Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2014. Saba Bank research expedition 2013 - Progress report. 45 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
    • Hoeksema, B.W. (ed.) 2022. Marine biodiversity of Bonaire: a baseline survey (2nd edition). Preliminary results of the Bonaire Marine Biodiversity expedition. 1-78. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation.
    • Hoeksema, B.W., Moorsel, G.W.N.M. van 2016. Stony corals of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 32-37. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • McKenna, S.A. & Etnoyer, P. 2010. Rapid Assessment of Stony Coral Richness and Condition on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. PLoS ONE 5(5): 1-9.
    • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
    • Roos, P.J. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.