NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Montastraea

Montastraea Link, 1807

Morphologic Description: Plocoid; extramural budding; small septal teeth; strong costae; trabecular columella; septothecal wall structure.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: plocoid, Colony Shape: massive or platy, Budding: extramural, Columella: trabecular and discontinuous, Corallite Size: medium (1.5 - 10mm), Wall Structure: septothecal, Lobes: none.

I. Montastraea with approx. 24 septa.

II. Montastraea with >>24 septa.

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Last updated on February 15, 1997-afb.

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