Colpophyllia amaranthus

(Houttyn, 1772)

Series Length medium (2-5cm); Meander series sinuosity sinuous; Colony size medium (10-30cm); Colony shape massive; Attachment of skeleton attached; Epitheca absent; Wall development between buds most; Symmetry of bud geometry multi-directional; Calice or valley width very large (>15mm); Calice relief very high (>10mm); Calicular platform shape v-shaped; Coenosteum narrow (< valley width); Exothecal dissepiments present; Number of septal cycles >3; Septal spacing (per 5mm) <6; Relative septa thickness equal; Relative costae thickness equal; Continuity of costae discontinuous; Septal lobes absent; Paliform lobes present; Columella continuity discontinuous; Columella width <=1/4; Endothecal dissepiments abundant; Wall structure parathecal; Double or single wall double;

	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM not registered Image view: colony. Locality: : more information required. Remarks: Colpophyllia sp.. - Enlarge Image -
	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM not registered Image view: calice. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype BM(NH) 1928.3.1.69 Image view: calice. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.21, f.5. Locality: unspecified, West Indies, Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -

Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.