CC species number = 8
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Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 5.0 mm. Image is of UF8909.
Synonyms: None.
Holotype: USNM 324752 (Locality: USGS 6016, La Boca Formation, Panama. Early Miocene).
| Character | State |
|---|---|
| Colony Form | plocoid |
| Colony Shape | flattened branching fronds |
| Colony Size | fronds 1-2 cm by >2-3 cm (*) |
| Colony Surface | mostly smooth, sometimes ridged (*) |
| Budding Type | mostly extramural |
| Corallite Diameter | 0.8-1.0 mm (*) |
| Calical Surface Shape | circular to elliptical |
| Calical Rim | raised |
| Coenosteum Width | moderate, =< corallite diameter (*) |
| Coenosteum Surface | granulations and no grooves |
| Septa Per Corallite | 6 |
| Columella Structure | styliform |
| Columella Development | weak |
| Wall Structure | septothecal |
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