NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson, 1998

Holotype: NMB D6241

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: gently curved

Colony size: small (<10cm)

Attachment of skeleton: free-living

Epitheca: absent

Wall development between buds: never

Symmetry of bud geometry: bi-directional

Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm)

Calice relief: high (4-10mm)

Calicular platform shape: v-shaped

Coenosteum: absent

Exothecal dissepiments: present

Number of septal cycles: >3

Septal spacing (per 5mm): <6

Relative septa thickness: equal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: absent

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: <=1/4

Endothecal dissepiments: abundant

Wall structure: parathecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution:

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene : Gurabo Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic; Gurabo Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Gurabo Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic;

Early Pliocene : Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao;

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic;

Late Pliocene : Bowden Fm., Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica;

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : 'Old Pera' beds, Pera Point, Jamaica;