NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

---

---

   

Photograph: Better preserved syntype of Asterosmilia machapooriensis Hoffmeister in Vaughan & Hoffmeister, 1926; specimen USNM M353651, locality USGS 8301. Both fragments are same specimen: left is side view of upper region; right is the cross-sectional cut.

Scale: GCD of cut = 18.5 mm.

Return to:

• NMITA home page
• Azooxanthellate Corals
• List of Azooxanthellate Taxa

---

Last updated on July 22, 1997 - jpd.