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Animalia: species: Sclerophytum sp.

References that assist with identification

• McFadden, C.S., P. Alderslade, L.P. van Ofwegen, H. Johnsen and A. Rusmevichientong (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia), Invertebrate Biology, 125: 288-305.

Other references

• Bastidas, C., J. A. H. Benzie, S. Uthicke and K. E. Fabricius (2001). Genetic differentiation among populations of a broadcast spawning soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis, on the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 138(3): 517-525.
• Bastidas, C., K. E. Fabricius and B. L. Willis (2004). Demographic aspects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis leading to local dominance on coral reefs, Hydrobiologia, 530-531(1-3): 433-441.
• Berumen, M.L. (2000). Influence of diet and habitat on the condition of butterflyfish, M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 719.
• Fabricius, K.E. (1995). Slow population turnover in the soft coral genera Sinularia and Sarcophyton on mid- and outer-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 126: 145-152.
• Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade (2001). in: Soft corals and sea fans: a comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
• Goulet, T.L., T.C. LaJeunesse and K.E. Fabricius (2008). Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event, Marine Biology, 154: 795-804.
• Hellstrom, M., K.D. Kavanagh and J.A.H. Benzie (2010). Multiple spawning events and sexual reproduction in the octocoral Sarcophyton elegans (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea) on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 157: 383-392. LIRS catalog number 1314.
• Maida, M. (1995). Directional allelopathic effects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis on scleractinian coral recruitment, Bulletin of Marine Science, 56: 303-311.
• McFadden, C.S., L.P. Van Ofwegen, E.J. Beckman, Y. Benayahu and P. Alderslade (2009). Molecular systematics of the speciose Indo-Pacific soft coral genus, Sinularia (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), Invertebrate Biology, 128(4): 303-323.
• Pratchett, M.S. (2001). Dynamics of outbreak populations of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L.), and their effects on coral reef ecosystems, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 762.
• Pratchett, M. (2005). Dietary overlap among coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 148: 373-382. LIRS catalog number 941.
• Slattery, M., J. Starmer and V. Paul (2001). Temporal and spatial variation in defensive metabolites of the tropical Pacific soft corals Sinularia maxima and S. polydactyla, Marine Biology, 138(6): 1183-1193.