NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy:

Holotype: BM(NH)

Morphologic Description:
Meander series sinuosity: straight
Colony size: small (<10cm)
Attachment of skeleton: free-living
Epitheca: well-developed
Wall development between buds: never
Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional
Calice or valley width: large (10-15mm)
Calice relief: medium (2-4mm)
Calicular platform shape: u-shaped
Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width)
Exothecal dissepiments: present
Number of septal cycles: >3
Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12
Relative septa thickness: unequal
Relative costae thickness: unequal
Continuity of costae: dis-continuous
Septal lobes: present
Paliform lobes: absent
Columella continuity: continuous
Columella width: 1/3
Endothecal dissepiments: few
Wall structure: parathecal
Double or single wall: single

Distribution:
Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Tamiami Fm., Sarasota, Florida; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;
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; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica;
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : 445-484fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica;
Early Pleistocene : Caloosahatchee Fm., Shell Creek, Florida; 321-394fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Glades Fm., Belle Glade, Florida; Manchioneal Fm., Innes Bay, Jamaica;
Late Pleistocene : Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica;
Recent : <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;


Last updated on June 17, 1998-kgj.


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