NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Pironastrea

Pironastrea d' Achiardi, 1875

Morphologic Description: Cerioid; intramural budding (centers in concentric series formed by circumoral budding); trabecular columella; synapticulothecal wall structure.

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

Species (2 total):

• P. anguillensis Vaughan, 1919; CC species # 60 (extinct).
• P. antiguensis Vaughan, 1919; CC species # 61 (extinct).

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Last updated on October 24, 1996-afb.

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