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Speckled Cup Coral Rhizosmilia maculata

Classification

Rhizosmilia [genus] (2)
maculata [species]

Classification

Rhizosmilia [genus] (2)
maculata [species]

Presence

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

Publications

  • 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.
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.