NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

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Caulastraea portoricensis (Coryell, 1929) 

Holotype: AMNH 23000

Morphologic Description: 

Colony size: large (>30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Branch distance: 3-5mm

Epitheca: absent

Wall development between buds: always

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

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

Calice relief: low (<2mm)

Calicular platform shape: u-shaped

Coenosteum: absent

Exothecal dissepiments: absent

Number of septal cycles: <4

Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12

Relative septa thickness: unequal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: absent

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: <=1/4

Endothecal dissepiments: rare

Wall structure: septothecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution: 

Early Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao; 

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; 

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

Late Pliocene : Bowden Fm., Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; 514-539fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 342-355fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : 445-484fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; 'Old Pera' beds, Pera Point, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao; High Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao; 259-272fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 

Early Pleistocene : Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica;