Two invasive alien azooxanthellate corals, Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis, dominate the native zooxanthellate Mussismilia hispida in Brazil

By J. Creed. Coral reefs, 2006

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Substratum preference during recruitment of two invasive alien corals onto shallow-subtidal tropical rocky shores. (2007, unknown): “Creed (2006) described their deleterious effects on the most abundant native coral, Mussismilia hispida (Verrill), a species endemic to Brazilian coastal waters, and the corals are considered a serious threat to regional biodiversity and ecosystem function.”
Effects of the alien coral Tubastraea tagusensis on native coral assemblages in a southwestern Atlantic coral reef (2016, background): “Creed (2006) and Dos Santos et al. (2013) demonstrated by mensurative and manipulative experiments that despite the ability of M. hispida to extrude mesenteric filaments a defense mechanism, high mortality rates were observed on this native coral species when in direct contact with the alien corals…”
Reproductive ecology of the azooxanthellate coral Tubastraea coccinea in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific: Part V. Dendrophylliidae (2008, background): “Secondly, invasive T. coccinea in Brazil has been shown to damage the native zooxanthellate coral Mussismilia hispida when growing in close proximity (Creed 2006).”