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Hidden Cup Coral Phyllangia americana

Classification

Phyllangia [genus]
(2 species)
americana [species] (1)

Classification

Phyllangia [genus]
(2 species)
americana [species] (1)

Presence

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

    Publications

    • 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. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.