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Diploria strigosa


Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)

Holotype:
USNM 00005; Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

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


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Holotype USNM 00005
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 11H
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122814 FA1078
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16C
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122814 FA1078
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16D
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122813 FA1062
Image Type: SEM
Image view: wall;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20J
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122813 FA1062
Image Type: SEM
Image view: mid-septum;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20K
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122815 FA1103
Image Type: SEM
Image view: columella;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20L
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122813 FA1062
Image Type: thin section
Image view: corallite;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24J
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Specimen: nontype
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference: none
Locality: Recent, <10m, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

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Distribution:
No Data No Data

Early Pliocene
Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, 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, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
La Gruta Formation. Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest 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.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
445-484 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
High Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, Curacao, south Caribbean.
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.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
209-259 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, 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, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
>30m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.