Large Ivory Coral Oculina varicosa

Classification

Oculinidae [family]

Oculina [genus] (3)

Oculinidae [family]

Oculina [genus] (3)

Recorded on	Curaçao
	Saba Bank

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank

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, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

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MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Tienderen, K.M. van, Meij, S.E.T. van der 2015. Occurrence patterns of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) over depth intervals in the Caribbean. 24. PeerJ.