Stephanocoenia intersepta

(Lamarck, 1816)

Holotype: MHNP Lamarck Coll.; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description:

Colony form: subcerioid; Colony shape: massive; Budding Type: extramural; Coralliite Diameter: >2.0 mm; Calice Relief: shallow; Calice shape: mostly circular; Calice Platform Shape: v-shaped; Coenosteum Width: 0.8 mm; Septa Per Corallite: 24; Lobes: prominent pali; Columella Structure: styliform; Columella Width: thick; Wall Structure: septothecal; Wall characteristics: thick.

Synonyms: Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards and Haime of Geister, 1975, and of Wells and Lang (1973).

Distribution:

Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 'Old Pera' Formation. Old Pera, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 445-484fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast 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. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, 127-209fbmp Formation. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast 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.