NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy:

Holotype: lost

Morphologic Description:
Meander series sinuosity: gently curved
Colony size: medium (10-30cm)
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: u-shaped
Coenosteum: wide (> valley width)
Exothecal dissepiments: present
Number of septal cycles: >3
Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12
Relative septa thickness: equal
Relative costae thickness: equal
Continuity of costae: dis-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

Distribution:
Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Shark's Hole Fm., Isla Colon, Panama;
Late Pliocene : Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 342-355fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas;
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica;
Early Pleistocene : 394-445fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica;
Middle Pleistocene : 86-278fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Middle Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao;
Recent : 30m">>30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; 10-20m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;


Last updated on June 17, 1998-kgj.


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