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Diploria clivosa


Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Holotype:
Hunterian no number (lost); Recent, Unspecified Locality, N/A, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Meander series sinuosity: gently curved; Colony size: large (>30cm); Attachment of skeleton: attached; Epitheca: absent; Wall development between buds: few; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Calice or valley width: small (1.5-5mm); Calice relief: medium (2-4mm); Calicular platform shape: v-shaped; Coenosteum: fused walls; Exothecal dissepiments: absent; Number of septal cycles: <4; Septal spacing (per 5mm): >12; Relative septa thickness: unequal; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Septal lobes: absent; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: continuous; Columella width: 1/2; Endothecal dissepiments: few; Wall structure: septothecal; Double or single wall: single;


(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: colony;
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Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
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Image view: transverse;
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Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: nontype Field
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Image view: field;
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Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, Carrie Bow Cay, N/A, Belize

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: hypotype BM(NH) 1928.3.1.25
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.15c
Locality: Recent, Dry Tortugas, N/A, Florida

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: nontype BM(NH) 99999
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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Distribution:
Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
Rio Banano Formation. Q. Brazo Seco, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, N/A, Florida, north Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Shark's Hole Formation. Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, N/A, Florida, north Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, N/A, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, southern, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, N/A, Jamaica, central Caribbean.