Solenastrea bournoni Milne Edwards and Haime, 1948a.
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CC species number = 133
Photograph: Scale bar is approx 1.6 mm. To see a close-up of a corallite.
Synonyms: None.
Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Shape: massive, irregular mound-shaped
Colony Surface: bumpy
Budding Type: extramural
Corallite Diameter: 2.0-2.5
Coenosteum Texture: vesicular
Inner Septal Margins: tertiary septa free
Lobes: paliform lobes
Columella Structure: trabecular
Wall Structure: septothecal
Last updated on February 15, 1997-afb.
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