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Up till now the only description of submarine localities with regard to stony corals in the Netherlands Antilles was my paper on "Distribution of Reef Corals in Curasao " (1964). The present- con-cise- review of the shallow water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles, based on one year of field research, is intended as a con-tinuationof this first survey. This memoir is written for the use of my colleagues in the sub-marine field, for the algologist as well as the ichthyologist, the ecologist as well as the ethologist, assuming that they will at least appreciate the attempt. Geographically it deals only with eight small islands, scattered in the Caribbean Sea. The survey is bathymetrically limited to the littoral zone above 10 m depth, which can be explored free-diving. As a guide to identification this paper contains keys, which are to be used for corals from the Netherlands Antilles exclusively. The investigations were financed by the "NetherlandsFoundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research " (WOTRO). During my stay in the Antilles the "CaribbeanMarine Biological Institute " (Carmabi) at Curasao was used as a base; during the interpretation of the field data and the preparation of the manu-script accomodation at the Zoological Laboratory of the State Uni-versity at Utrecht was at my disposal. The ready co-operation of th