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Volume 47, Issue 1

March 2017

Caribbean Coral Reefs (pp. 1-147)

Issue Editors:

Bert W. Hoeksema,
James D. Reimer,
Ronald Vonk

39 articles in this issue

Editorial: biodiversity of Caribbean coral reefs (with a focus on the Dutch Caribbean)
Bert W. Hoeksema
James D. Reimer
Ronald Vonk
Editorial 04 February 2017 Pages: 1 - 10
Groups of roving midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus) prey on sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) nests
Thomas C. Adam
Megan Kelley
Deron E. Burkepile
Caribbean Coral Reefs 24 March 2016 Pages: 11 - 12
The rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) does not depend on mangroves as nursery habitats in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico
A. Aguilar-Perera
R. C. Hernández-Landa
Caribbean Coral Reefs 16 April 2016 Pages: 13 - 14
Lionfish invaded the mesophotic coral ecosystem of the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico
A. Aguilar-Perera
L. Quijano-Puerto
R. C. Hernández-Landa
Caribbean Coral Reefs 25 June 2016 Pages: 15 - 16
Habitat selection of the coral-dwelling spinyhead blenny, Acanthemblemaria spinosa, at Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Thijs Böhm
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 15 July 2016 Pages: 17 - 25
The marine fishes of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Matthew R. Davies
Steve Piontek
Caribbean Coral Reefs 05 October 2016 Pages: 27 - 35
Morphological and genetic species diversity in ostracods (Crustacea: Oligostraca) from Caribbean reefs
Alexandra M. Galindo Estronza
Mónica Alfaro
Nikolaos V. Schizas
Caribbean Coral Reefs 01 July 2016 Pages: 37 - 53
Lettuce corals overgrowing tube sponges at St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Jaaziel E. García-Hernández
Godfried W. N. M. van Moorsel
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 11 March 2016 Pages: 55 - 56
The sponge Xestospongia muta offers shelter to the stony coral Madracis auretenra (Northwest Puerto Rico)
N. M. Hammerman
J. E. García-Hernández
Caribbean Coral Reefs 01 October 2016 Pages: 57 - 58
The invasive sun coral Tubastraea coccinea hosting a native Christmas tree worm at Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Bert W. Hoeksema
Harry A. ten Hove
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 02 April 2016 Pages: 59 - 65
High coral cover at lower mesophotic depths: a dense Agaricia community at the leeward side of Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Bert W. Hoeksema
Pim Bongaerts
Carole C. Baldwin
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 29 January 2016 Pages: 67 - 70
Helioseris cucullata as a host coral at St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Bert W. Hoeksema
Mick van Beusekom
Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 22 November 2016 Pages: 71 - 78
Multiple purple spots in the Caribbean sea fan Gorgonia ventalina caused by parasitic copepods at St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko
Michail A. Nikitin
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs 29 December 2015 Pages: 79 - 80
First record from the Atlantic: a Zanclea-scleractinian association at St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Simone Montano
Paolo Galli
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs 06 January 2016 Pages: 81 - 82
A cryptic species in the Pteroclava krempfi species complex (Hydrozoa, Cladocorynidae) revealed in the Caribbean
Simone Montano
Davide Maggioni
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs 12 August 2016 Pages: 83 - 89
Host-dependent variation in density of corallivorous snails (Coralliophila spp.) at Curaçao, southern Caribbean
Gerrit Potkamp
Mark J. A. Vermeij
Bert W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 31 October 2016 Pages: 91 - 99
Coral reef habitats strongly influence the diversity of macro- and meiobenthos in the Caribbean
Alexei Ruiz-Abierno
Maickel Armenteros
Caribbean Coral Reefs 05 August 2016 Pages: 101 - 111
Botruanthus mexicanus (Cnidaria: Ceriantharia), a new species of tube-dwelling anemone from the Gulf of Mexico
Sérgio N. Stampar
Ricardo González-Muñoz
André C. Morandini
Caribbean Coral Reefs 06 June 2016 Pages: 113 - 118
First Atlantic record of the green alga Parvocaulis exiguus from St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
L. M. van der Loos
W. F. Prud’homme van Reine
Caribbean Coral Reefs 30 April 2016 Pages: 119 - 122
Beta diversity of macroalgal communities around St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
L. M. van der Loos
W. F. Prud’homme van Reine
B. W. Hoeksema
Caribbean Coral Reefs 10 December 2016 Pages: 123 - 138
Microcharon quilli, a new asellote isopod crustacean from interstitial spaces in shallow coralline sands off St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
Ronald Vonk
Yee Wah Lau
Caribbean Coral Reefs Open access 20 October 2016 Pages: 139 - 147
Persistent outbreaks of the “black disease” sponge Terpios hoshinota in Indonesian coral reefs
Hawis Madduppa
Peter J. Schupp
Carsten Thoms
Oceanarium 16 December 2015 Pages: 149 - 151
The marine leech Stibarobdella macrothela parasitic on the angel shark Squatina squatina
Krupskaya Narváez
Filip Osaer
Oceanarium 10 February 2016 Pages: 153 - 154
First documented occurrence of Brachycarpus biunguiculatus (Lucas, 1846) (Palaemonidea) in Italian seas
Andrea Spinelli
Nunziacarla Spanò
Salvatore Giacobbe
Oceanarium 16 February 2016 Pages: 155 - 156
First documentation of the barnacle Fistulobalanus albicostatus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) as an epibiont of loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta
Ryota Hayashi
Oceanarium 27 February 2016 Pages: 157 - 158
The corallimorpharian Paracorynactis hoplites feeds on the sea star Choriaster granulatus in the western Indian ocean
Julien Wickel
Mathieu Pinault
Arthur R. Bos
Oceanarium 27 February 2016 Pages: 159 - 160
Circling and touching: two new behaviours in the courtship of the Picasso triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
X. Raick
É. Parmentier
D. Lecchini
Oceanarium 12 March 2016 Pages: 161 - 162
Wall of orange cup coral, Tubastraea coccinea, at the inlet breakwaters of a nuclear power plant, southern Taiwan
Ming-Jay Ho
Chia-Min Hsu
Chaolun Allen Chen
Oceanarium 17 March 2016 Pages: 163 - 164
Cyphoma macumba Petuch 1979 (Gastropoda: Ovulidae): a versatile predator of the Brazilian Octocorallia
T. K. Pinto
L. J. Benevides
C. L. S. Sampaio
Oceanarium 18 March 2016 Pages: 165 - 166
Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Central Mexican Pacific: an updated checklist including new distribution records
R. Granja-Fernández
A. P. Rodríguez-Troncoso
A. L. Cupul-Magaña
Original Paper 27 February 2016 Pages: 167 - 177
New records of Heteropathes Opresko, 2011 (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Tina N. Molodtsova
Original Paper 05 March 2016 Pages: 179 - 186
Biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of molluscan assemblages in vegetated and unvegetated habitats in the northern Alboran Sea (W Mediterranean Sea)
Javier Urra
Serge Gofas
Carmen Salas
Original Paper 12 March 2016 Pages: 187 - 201
Sepiolids (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the southern Caribbean, Colombian coast, and a redescription of Nectoteuthis pourtalesii Verrill, 1883
Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz
Adriana Rodriguez-Bermudez
Original Paper 15 March 2016 Pages: 203 - 224
First record of the sea anemone Anthopleura mariscali outside the Galápagos Archipelago
Andrés J. Quesada
Fabián H. Acuña
Jorge Cortés
Short Communication 29 January 2016 Pages: 225 - 228
Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), yet another erythraean jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel
Bella S. Galil
Lisa-Ann Gershwin
Baruch Rinkevich
Short Communication 10 February 2016 Pages: 229 - 235
First record from Sicily of the Adriatic dwarf goby, Knipowitschia panizzae (Osteichthyes, Gobiidae), a threatened species or a threat for conservation?
Andrea Spinelli
Sergio De Matteo
Marcelo Kovačić
Short Communication 10 February 2016 Pages: 237 - 242
Herbivorous fishes Siganus rivulatus (Siganidae) and Zebrasoma desjardinii (Acanthuridae) feed on Ctenophora and Scyphozoa in the Red Sea
Arthur R. Bos
Edwin Cruz-Rivera
Ashraf M. Sanad
Short Communication 12 February 2016 Pages: 243 - 246
First report of Megodontolaimus coxbazari Timm, 1969 (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from the Indian coast
Tridip Kumar Datta
Alberto De Jesús Navarrete
Anil Mohapatra
Short Communication 12 February 2016 Pages: 247 - 253
Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia
Mohsen Kayal
Ehsan Kayal
Short Communication 05 March 2016 Pages: 255 - 258