References Used for Species of Merulinidae
 
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Allen, G.R. and S.A. McKenna, 2001 A marine Rapid Assessment of the Togean and Banggai Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 20, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
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Best, M.B. and Suharsono, 1991 New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 3. species belonging to the Merulinidae with new records of Merulina and Boninastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen 65:333-342.
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Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, T.M. Orrell, D. Nicolson, L.E. Paglinawan, N. Bailly, P.M. Kirk, T. Bourgoin and G. Baillargeon (eds.), 2009 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
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Bright, T.J., 2010 A list of species from Glover's Reef Atoll, Belize. Wildlife Conservation Society. http://wcsgloversreef.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=PBNMdMHt15g%3D&tabid=1207&language=en-US [Accessed 22/11/2010].
Brook, F.J., 1999 The coastal scleractinian coral fauna of the Kermadec Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 29:4, 435-460.
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Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003 Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophore, Second Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no,28. XI+115.
Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap and J.C. Lang, 2009 Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. pp. 333-347 In Felder, D.L.; Camp, D.K. (eds.) Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
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CITES, 2013 Appendices I, II and III valid from 12 June 2013. UNEP.
CITES, 2012 Appendices I, II and III valid from 3 April 2012. UNEP.
CITES and UNEP-WCMC, 2015 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 05 February 2015. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. Http://checklist.cites.org. [Accessed 04/11/2015].
CITES, UNEP-WCMC, 2021 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 14 February 2021. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 16 February 2021].
CITES, UNEP-WCMC, 2022 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 22 June 2022. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 08/09/2022].
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Clark, T.H., 1997 The ecology of indigenous and transplanted corals in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Pok Fu Lam, University of Hong Kong, PhD Thesis, 229 p.
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Coles, S.L., 1996 Chapter three: Descriptions of Oman corals and their habitats.. Corals of Oman. Downloaded from http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pbs/Oman-coral-book/ on 30 April 2009.
Colin, P.L. and C. Arneson, 1995 Tropical Pacific invertebrates: A field guide to the marine invertebrates occurring on tropical Pacific coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves. The Coral Reef Research Foundation. Coral Reef Press. 304 pp.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707.
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Dai, C.-F. and T.-Y. Fan, 1996 Coral fauna of Taiping Island (Itu Aba Island) in the Spratleys of the South China Sea. Atoll Research Bulletin 436:1-21.
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Ditlev, H., 2003 New scleractinian corals from Sabah, North Borneo. Description of one new genus and eight new species, with notes on their taxonomy and ecology. Zool. Med. Leiden 77(9):193-219.
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Faure, G., 1985 Reef scleractinian corals of Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia (Austral Islands). Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congres Tahiti 6:267-272.
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Fenner, D., 1999 New observations on the stony coral (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, and Stylasteridae) species of Belize (Central America) and Cozumel (Mexico). Bull. Mar. Sci. 64(1):143-154.
Fenner, D. and P. Muir, 2013 Reef corals of the northwestern lagoon of Grande-Terre, New Caledonia. A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Coral Reefs of the Northwest Lagoon, between Koumac and Yandé, Province Nord, New Caledonia:18-32. 2013. Conservation International.
Friedlander, A., E. Ballesteros, E. Berkenpas, E. Brown, P. Bouchet, P. du Prel, J. Petit, P. Rose, G. Siu, D. Tickler and E. Sala, 2015 Biodiversité marie à Rapa et à Marotiri: les îles du bout du Monde. p. 131-143 Salvat, B.; Bambridge, T.; Tanret, D.; Petit, J. 2015 Environnement marin des îles Australes, Polynésie française. Institut Récifs Coralliens Pacifique, CRIOBE et The Pew Charitable Trusts Polynésie française. Polynésie française, Tahiti, p. 342.
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GBIF, 2015 Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846. http://www.gbif.org/species/4339401 [Accessed 02/25/2015].
GBIF, 2015 Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe, Sugiyama, and Eguchi, 1936. http://www.gbif.org/species/2260150 [Accessed 02/26/2015].
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GBIF, 2015 Favia rosaria Veron, 2002. http://www.gbif.org/species/2260140 [Accessed 07/10/2015].
GBIF, 2015 Favia veroni Moll and Best, 1984. http://www.gbif.org/species/2260134 [Accessed 02/26/2015].
GBIF, 2015 Goniastrea minuta Veron, 2002. http://www.gbif.org/species/119676384 [Accessed 02/26/2015].
GBIF, 2015 Scapophyllia cylindrica (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848). http://www.gbif.org/species/2259541 [Accessed 05/27/2015].
GBIF, 2015 Merulina scabricula. http://www.gbif.org/species/2259539/ [Accessed 06/17/2015].
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