Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786).


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CC species number = 163

Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 1 cm.

Synonyms: None

Morphology:

Colony Form: meandroid
Colony Shape: massive
Budding Type: intramural
Valley Width: 20-25 mm
Septa Per Cm: 7-10
Septa Continuity: septa continue between valleys
Septal Teeth: large and prominent
Columella Structure: trabecular and discontinuous (trabecular linkage between centers)
Wall Structure: parathecal

Distribution:

early Late Pliocene: Pinecrest Sandstone, Florida.
Late Pleistocene: San Andrés; Key Largo Limestone, Florida; Falmouth Formation, Jamaica; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Recent: Caribbean.


Last updated on February 15, 1997-afb.


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