Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860).
CC species number = 20
Photograph: The top photo is an SEM image of an individual corallite
with a scale bar of 1 mm. The bottom photo is a colony of specimen
SUI 84879 with a scale bar of approximately 1 cm.
Synonyms: None.
Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoid to subcerioid
Colony Shape: branching
Colony Size: branches < 1 cm thick
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.1-1.6 mm
Coenosteum Width: 1.0 mm
Septa Per Corallite: 10+
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: styliform
Wall Structure: septothecal
Holotype:
Distribution:
Middle Miocene: Brasso and Tamana Formations, Trinidad.
Late Miocene to Early Pliocene: Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic.
Early Pliocene: Mao Formation, Dominican Republic.
Late Late Pliocene: Old Pera Beds, Jamaica.
Plio-Pleistocene: Moin Formation, Costa Rica; Matanzas, Cuba.
Early Pleistocene: Manchioneal Formation, Jamaica.
Late Pleistocene: San Andres.
Recent: Caribbean.
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Last updated on April 29, 1998 - vab.