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Diploria labyrinthiformis


Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype:
SUI 122808 (Neotype); Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

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


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Holotype MNHN scle102
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 10G
Locality:

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Holotype MNHN scle102
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 10H
Locality:

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122808 FA1075
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16A
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122808 FA1075
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16B
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: SEM
Image view: wall;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20G
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: SEM
Image view: mid-septum;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20H
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: SEM
Image view: columella;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20I
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: thin section
Image view: corallite;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24G
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: thin section
Image view: wall;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24H
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122810 FA1061
Image Type: thin section
Image view: columella;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24I
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured BM(NH) 1887.4.26.7
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 5 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.15b
Locality: Recent, Nassau, Bahamas

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99647
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 5 mm
Reference: none
Locality: Recent, Crocus Bay, Anguilla

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured USNM 36727
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 1 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14c
Locality: Recent, Hog Island, Bahamas

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen:
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference: none
Locality: Recent, unknown locality, Belize

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Distribution:
Late Pliocene
272-342 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
342-355 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Swan Cay Formation. Swan Cay, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
394-445 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
86-278 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Lower Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
>30m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.