Literature

• Bayer, F.M. 1961. The Shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 12: 1-373.
• Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2014. Saba Bank research expedition 2013 - Progress report. 45 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
• Cairns, S. 1977. Guide to the commoner shallow-water Gorgonians (Sea Whips, Sea Feathers and Sea Fans) of Florida, the gulf of Mexico and the caribbean region. 80. Sea Grant Field Guide Series number 6.
• Etnoyer, P.J., Wirshing, H.H., Sánchez, J.A. 2010. Rapid assessment of Octocoral diversity and habitat on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. PLoS ONE 5(5): 1-9.
• Hoek, C. van den, Breeman, A.M., Bak, R.P.M. & Buurt, G. van 1978. The distribution of Algae, Corals and Gorgonians in relation to depth, light attenuation, water movement and grazing pressure in the fringing coral reef of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Aquatic Botany 5: 1-46.
• Korzhavina, O.A., Hoeksema, B.W. & Ivanenko, V.N. 2019. A review of Caribbean Copepoda associated with reef-dwelling cnidarians, echinoderms and sponges. Contributions to Zoology 88: 297-349. [link]
• Lau, Y.W. 2016. Octocorals of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 38-42. 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.
• SPAW Protocol 1990. Protocol concerning specially protected areas and wildlife to the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link]
• WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. www.marinespecies.org. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• Humann, P. 1992. Reef Creature Identification. New World Publications. (Cnidaria)
• Humann, P. 1993. Reef Coral Identification. 239 pp. New World Publications. (Octocorallia)