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Cryptic Coral Caryophyllia crypta

Classification

Caryophyllia [genus] (10)
crypta [species]

Classification

Caryophyllia [genus] (10)
crypta [species]

Presence

Recorded on Bonaire
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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, Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba.

Publications

  • Cairns, S.D. 2000. A revision of the shallow-water Azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region 75: 1-230.
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.