Acanthophora spicifera

Classification

Rhodomelaceae [family]
Acanthophora [genus] (2)
spicifera [species]

Classification

Rhodomelaceae [family]
Acanthophora [genus] (2)
spicifera [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Publications

    • 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.
    • Hoek, C. van den, Colijn, F., Cortel-Breeman, A.M., Wanders, J.B.W. 1972. Algal vegetation-types along the shores of inner bays and lagoons of Curaçao, and of the Lagoon Lac (Bonaire), Netherlands Antilles. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van wetenschappen, afd. Natuurkunde 61(2): 1-72.
    • Kirschbaum, K. 2009. Which is more attractive to juvenile fish: availability of food or the complexity of habitat in the mangroves of Bonaire, NA? Physis 5: 20-26.
    • 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.
    • Littler, D.S. & Littler, M.M. 2006. Report: Bonaire National Marine Park - Algal Survey and Inventory. 64.
    • Taylor, W.R. 1942. Caribbean marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expedition, 1939. In Allan Hancock Atlantic Expedition. 200. The University of Southern Carolina Press, California.
    • Vroman, M. 1968. The marine algal vegetation of St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba. 132. Government of the Netherlands Antilles.
    • Vroman, M. & H. Stegenga 1988. An annotated checklist of the marine algae of the Caribbean islands Aruba and Bonaire. Nova Hedwigia 46: 433-480.