NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848) 

Holotype: USNM 00005, Recent, West Indies

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: gently curved

Colony size: large (>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: v-shaped

Coenosteum: fused walls

Exothecal dissepiments: absent

Number of septal cycles: >3

Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12

Relative septa thickness: unequal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Continuity of costae: 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 : Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao; 

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Tamiami Fm., Sarasota, Florida; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; 

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

Late Pliocene : Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Shark's Hole Fm., Isla Bastimentos, Panama; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica;

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : 445-484fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao; High Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao; Highest Terrace, Klein Berg, Curacao;

Early Pleistocene : Caloosahatchee Fm., Shell Creek, Florida; Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica; Manchioneal Fm., Innes Bay, Jamaica; Manchioneal Fm., Port Maria, Jamaica; 209-259fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas;

Middle Pleistocene : Middle Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao;

Late Pleistocene : Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; 

Recent : 1-30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;