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Diploria strigosa


Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)

Holotype:
USNM 5; Recent, Unspecified Locality, N/A, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Meander series sinuosity: gently curved; Colony size: large (>30cm); Attachment of skeleton: attached; Epitheca: reduced; Wall development between buds: few; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Calice or valley width: medium (5-10mm); Calice relief: medium (2-4mm); Calicular platform shape: v-shaped; Coenosteum: fused walls; Exothecal dissepiments: absent; Number of septal cycles: >3; Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12; Relative septa thickness: unequal; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: continuous; Septal lobes: absent; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: continuous; Columella width: 1/2; Endothecal dissepiments: few; Wall structure: septothecal; Double or single wall: single;


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Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)
Specimen: holotype USNM 00005
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.15a
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, N/A, West Indies

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Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: transverse;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848)
Specimen: nontype Field
Image Type:
Image view: field;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, Carrie Bow Cay, N/A, Belize

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Distribution:
Early Pliocene
Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Mao Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
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
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Empalme). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa).
       Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       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
445-484 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
High Terrace. Hato, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
unnamed formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
209-259 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, N/A, Florida, north Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
Middle Terrace. Hato, N/A, Curacao, south 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.