NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Diploria sarasotana Weisbord, 1974

Holotype: FMNH 8279

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: gently curved

Colony size: medium (10-30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Epitheca: absent

Wall development between buds: few

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

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

Calice relief: high (4-10mm)

Calicular platform shape: v-shaped

Coenosteum: fused walls

Number of septal cycles: 3

Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12

Relative septa thickness: equal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Continuity of costae: continuous

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: present

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: 1/3

Endothecal dissepiments: rare

Wall structure: septothecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution:

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Tamiami Fm., Sarasota, Florida;