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.
• Hoeksema, B.W., Lau, Y.W., Hove, H.A. ten 2015. Octocorals as secondary hosts for Christmas tree worms off Curaçao 91(4): 1-2.
• Humann, P. 1993. Reef Coral Identification. 239 pp. New World Publications.
• 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)