Literature

• Miloslavich, P., Díaz, J.M., Klein, E., Alvarado, J.J., Díaz, C., Gobin, J., Escobar-Briones, E., Cruz-Motta, J.J., Weil, E., Cortés, J., Bastidas, A.C., Robertson, R., Zapata, F., Martín, A., Castillo, J., Kazandjian, A. & Ortiz, M. 2010. Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE. [link]
• Soest, R.W.M. van 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part 2. Haplosclerida. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62: 1-173.
• Soest, R.W.M. van 1981. A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens 31: 1-39.
• Soest, R.W.M. van, Weerdt, W.H. de 2001. New records of Xestospongia species (Haplosclerida: Petrosiidae) from the Curaçao reefs, with a description of a new species. Beaufortia 51(7): 109-117.
• WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. www.marinespecies.org. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• Voss, G.L. 1976. Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean. 167. E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc.. (Porifera)