Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Photograph: The top photo is an SEM image of an individual corallite
with a scale bar of 1 mm. The bottom photo is an entire colony image
with a scale bar of approximately 1 cm.
Synonyms: None.
Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: meandroid (usually a single
continuous valley)
Colony Shape: massive
Colony Size: small (8-10 cm)
Colony Attachment: freeliving
Budding Type: intramural
Valley Width: large, 9-12 mm
Number of Septa Per 5 mm: 8-10
Lobes: prominent septal lobes
Columella Structure: trabecular and continuous
Wall Structure: parathecal (sometimes double)
Types:
Distribution:
Late Pliocene: Pinecrest Sandstone, Florida; Caloosahatchee Formation,
Fl
late Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene: Clino core (BDP) Bahamas;
Moin Formation, Costa Rica
Early Pleistocene: Glades Formation, Florida
Middle to Late Pleistocene: San Andrés; Key Largo Limestone,
Florida
Recent: Caribbean
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Last updated on May 1, 1998 - vab.