Ten-ray Star Coral Madracis decactis

Classification

Astrocoeniidae [family]
Madracis [genus] (9)
decactis [species]

Classification

Astrocoeniidae [family]
Madracis [genus] (9)
decactis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Saba Bank
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  • Sint Eustatius
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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    Notes on presence status Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Sint Maarten and Saba.

    Publications

    • Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2013. Saba Bank research expedition 2011 - Progress report. 46 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
    • Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2014. Saba Bank research expedition 2013 - Progress report. 45 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
    • Hill, C.E.L, Lymperaki, M.M. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2021. A centuries-old manmade reef in the Caribbean does not substitute natural reefs in terms of species assemblages and interspecific competition. Marine Pollution Bulletin 169. [link]
    • 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.
    • Hoeksema, B.W., Hove, H.A. ten 2017. The invasive sun coral Tubastraea coccinea hosting a native Christmas tree worm at Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 59-65.
    • Hoeksema, B.W., Moorsel, G.W.N.M. van 2016. Stony corals of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 32-37. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • McKenna, S.A. & Etnoyer, P. 2010. Rapid Assessment of Stony Coral Richness and Condition on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. PLoS ONE 5(5): 1-9.
    • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
    • Roos, P.J. 1964. The distribution of reef corals in Curaçao. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 20: 1-51.
    • Roos, P.J. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.
    • Vermeij, M.J.A. 2002. Evolutionary Ecology of the coral genus Madracis - an illustration of the nature of species in scleractinian corals. 263. FNWI: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED).