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Porites furcata


Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816

Holotype:
MHNP no number (lost); Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Columella development: intermediate (columella equal to pa; Calice diameter: 1.6-1.8mm; Number of pali: 5-6; Palar ring: wide (>40%, short ventral septa); Corallite distribution: even; Calice elevation: <0.3mm; Number of septa per corallite: 12; Wall reticulum: 1 trabecula; Colony shape: intermediate branched (10-20mm);


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: nat'light
Image view: colony;
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(C) MHNP
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: Figured MHNP Lamarck Coll no. 155
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: calice; var. 2 of Lam 1816, "Mers d'Amerique";
Scale:
Reference: Foster 1986, pl.15, f.5
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: SUI 99603
Image Type: SEM
Image view: calice;
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Locality: Recent, <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: SUI 99603
Image Type: SEM
Image view: calice;
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Locality: Recent, <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
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(C)
Specimen Details:
Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 10mm
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Distribution:
No Data No Data
Lower Terrace Formation ?. Salina St. Michiel, St. Michiel, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
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.
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.
Old Pera Beds. Old Pera, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Swan Cay Formation. Swan Cay, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
321-394 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
127-209 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
86-278 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, 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.