Literature

• Arndt, W. 1927. Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 25: 133-158.
• Cheng, C. 2008. Can native sessile species resist the settlement of the orange cup coral, Tubastraea coccinea, on hard substrate communities of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles? Physis 4: 2-6.
• García-Hernández, J.E., Voogd, N.J. de & Soest, R.W.M. van 2016. Sponges (Porifera) of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 23-31. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
• Humann, P. 1992. Reef Creature Identification. New World Publications.
• Kobluk, D.R. & Soest, R.W.M. van 1989. Cavity-dwelling Sponges in a southern Caribbean coral reef and their paleontological implications. Bulletin of Marine Science 44(3): 1207-1235.
• Kuenen, M.M.C.E. 1995. A quantitative study of the seagrass and algal meadows of the Spaanse Water, Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. Aquatic Botany 51: 291-310.
• 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]
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• Soest, R.W.M. van 1984. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part 3. Poecilosclerida. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 66: 1-167.
• Thacker, R.W., Díaz, M.C., Voogd, N.J. de, Soest, R.W.M. van, Freeman, C.J., Mobley, A.S., LaPietra, J., Cope, K. & McKenna, S.A. 2010. Preliminary assessment of sponge biodiversity on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. PLoS ONE 5(5): 5. [link]
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Literature references linked to higher taxa

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