Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786).
To view genus description click on image.
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.
[ NMITA home
page| Zooxanthellate Corals| List
of zoox-coral taxa ]