CC species number = 3
To return to genus description click on image.
Photograph: Scale bar = 1 mm. Image of paratype: NMB D5870 (NMB Locality 16933, Río Gurabo, Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic. Late Miocene).
Synonyms: Stephanocoenia intersepta (Esper) of Vaughan, 1919.
Holotype: NMB D5766 (Locality NMB 16817, Río Cana, Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic. Early Pliocene).
| Character | State |
|---|---|
| Colony Form | subcerioid |
| Colony Shape | massive |
| Budding Type | extramural |
| Corallite Diameter | <= 2.0 mm(*) |
| Calice Relief | deep(*) |
| Calice Shape | mostly polygonal(*) |
| Calice Platform Shape | u-shaped(*) |
| Coenosteum Width | 0.5 mm(*) |
| Septa Per Corallite | 24 |
| Lobes | weak pali(*) |
| Columella Structure | styliform |
| Wall Structure | septothecal |
| Wall Characteristics | thin, prominent, dense |
Distribution:
