NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849

Holotype: BM(NH) 1840.5.29.6

Morphologic Description:

Series Length: short (<3cm)

Meander series sinuosity: sinuous

Colony size: large (>30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Epitheca: absent

Wall development between buds: most

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 to Late Pliocene : Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;

Late Pliocene : 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas;

Early Pleistocene : 321-394fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas;

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