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.
• 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.
• 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.
• SPAW Protocol 2019. List of species of marine and coastal flora strictly protected under the SPAW Protocol in Annex I, II and III. 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)