CC species number = 2
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Photograph: (Foster, 1987. pl.1, fig.1) Scale bar is 1 mm. Image is SUI 51065 (Locality near Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Recent).
Synonyms: Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards and Haime of Geister, 1975, and of Wells and Lang (1973).
Holotype: Lost.
| Character | State |
|---|---|
| Colony Form | subcerioid |
| Colony Shape | massive |
| Budding Type | extramural |
| Corallite Diameter | > 2.0 mm(*) |
| Calice Relief | shallow(*) |
| Calice Shape | mostly circular(*) |
| Calice Platform Shape | v-shaped(*) |
| Coenosteum Width | 0.8 mm(*) |
| Septa Per Corallite | 24 |
| Lobes | prominent pali(*) |
| Columella Structure | styliform |
| Columella Width | thick |
| Wall Structure | septothecal |
| Wall Characteristics | thick |
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