Colpophyllia natans

(Houttyn, 1772)

Series Length long (>5cm); Meander series sinuosity sinuous; Colony size large (>30cm); Colony shape massive; Attachment of skeleton attached; Epitheca absent; Wall development between buds few; Symmetry of bud geometry multi-directional; Calice or valley width very large (>15mm); Calice relief high (4-10mm); 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;

(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype USNM 83111 Image view: calice. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.21, f.1. Locality: unspecified, Curacao, south Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype USNM 3937 Image view: transverse. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14a. Locality: Dry Tortugas, Florida, north Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype USNM 3937 Image view: longitudinal. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14b. Locality: Dry Tortugas, Florida, north Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: nontype SUI 99999 Image view: colony. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: nontype Field Image view: field. Locality: <10m San Blas Islands, Panama, southwest Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -

Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Shark's Hole Formation. Isla Colon, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Empalme Moin, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 'Old Pera' Formation. Old Pera, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Portete, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, Middle Terrace Formation. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Key Largo Formation. Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San.Dom. Terraces Formation. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene, Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.