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Manicina mayori


Manicina mayori Wells, 1936

Holotype:
ZMB Cni2859; Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm); Endothecal dissepiments: abundant; Wall development between buds: never; Calice relief: very high (>10mm); Epitheca: well-developed; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width); Meander series sinuosity: straight; Paliform lobes: absent; Columella continuity: continuous; Colony size: medium (10-30cm); Attachment of skeleton: attached; Calicular platform shape: u-shaped; 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: continuous; Septal lobes: present; Columella width: 1/3; Wall structure: parathecal; Double or single wall: double;


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina mayori Wells, 1936
Specimen: Holotype ZMB Cni2859
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16I
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina mayori Wells, 1936
Specimen: Holotype ZMB Cni2859
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16J
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina mayori Wells, 1936
Specimen: nontype SUI 99646
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 5.0 mm
Reference: none
Locality: Recent, Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida

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Distribution:
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Empalme). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
Middle Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.