Leptoseris anguillensis (Vaughan, 1919).


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Synonyms: None.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: meandroid
Colony Shape: branching
Colony Size: branches < 1 cm thick
Colline Characteristics: low
Series Length: short or absent
Budding Type: intramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.5-4.5 mm
Septa Per Corallite: 15-38
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: trabecular and discontinuous
Wall Structure: synapticulothecal

Distribution:

Late Early Miocene: Anguilla Formation, Anguilla.