NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)

Synonymy:

Holotype: lost

Morphologic Description:

Series Length: long (>5cm)

Meander series sinuosity: sinuous

Colony size: large (>30cm)

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: dis-continuous

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: present

Columella continuity: dis-continuous

Columella width: <=1/4

Endothecal dissepiments: abundant

Wall structure: parathecal

Double or single wall: double

Distribution:

Early Pliocene : Gurabo Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic;

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Tamiami Fm., Sarasota, Florida; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;

Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Shark's Hole Fm., Isla Colon, Panama;

Late Pliocene : Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica;

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica; 'Old Pera' beds, Pera Point, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao;

Early Pleistocene : Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica; Manchioneal Fm., Innes Bay, Jamaica; Manchioneal Fm., Port Maria, Jamaica;

Middle Pleistocene : Middle Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao;

Late Pleistocene : Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica;

Recent : >30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; 10-20m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;