NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype: lost

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: gently curved

Colony size: medium (10-30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Epitheca: reduced

Wall development between buds: few

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

Calice or valley width: medium (5-10mm)

Calice relief: medium (2-4mm)

Calicular platform shape: u-shaped

Coenosteum: wide (> valley width)

Exothecal dissepiments: present

Number of septal cycles: >3

Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12

Relative septa thickness: equal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Continuity of costae: dis-continuous

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: present

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: 1/2

Endothecal dissepiments: few

Wall structure: septothecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution:

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

Late Pliocene : Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 342-355fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas;

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica;

Early Pleistocene : 394-445fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica;

Middle Pleistocene : 86-278fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Middle Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao;

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