Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758).
Photograph: The top photo is an SEM image of an individual corallite
with a scale bar of 1 mm. The bottom photo is an entire colony image
with a scale bar of approximately 1 cm.
Synonyms: None.
Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: meandroid
Colony Shape: massive
Colline Characteristics: grooved
Budding Type: intramural
Corallite Diameter: 3.5-5.0 mm
Coenosteum Width: 2.0 mm
Septa Per Cm: 12-16, no minor septa
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: trabecular and continuous
Wall Structure: septothecal
Single or Compound Wall: single
Holotype: Lost.
Distribution:
Late Pliocene: Buenos Aires trend, Costa Rica; Unda core (DBP),
Bahamas; Hope Gate Formation, Jamaica.
Pliocene-Pleistocene: Clino, Bahamas; Portete and Empalme trends
and Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica.
Early Pleistocene: Manchioneal Formation, Jamaica.
Middle to Late Pleistocene: Clino core (BDP), Bahamas
Late Pleistocene: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; San Andrés;
Falmouth Formation, Jamaica.
Recent: Caribbean.
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Last updated on April 28, 1998-vab.