NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Manicina sp.E Budd and Johnson, 1998

Holotype: none

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: straight

Colony size: medium (10-30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: free-living

Epitheca: well-developed

Wall development between buds: never

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

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

Calice relief: very high (>10mm)

Calicular platform shape: u-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: continuous

Septal lobes: present

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

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

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

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao;