NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849

Synonymy:

Holotype: BM(NH) 1840.5.29.6

Morphologic Description:
Series Length: short (<3cm)
Meander series sinuosity: sinuous
Colony size: large (>30cm)
Attachment of skeleton: attached
Epitheca: absent
Wall development between buds: most
Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional
Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm)
Calice relief: high (4-10mm)
Calicular platform shape: v-shaped
Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width)
Exothecal dissepiments: present
Number of septal cycles: >3
Septal spacing (per 5mm): <6
Relative septa thickness: equal
Relative costae thickness: equal
Continuity of costae: dis-continuous
Septal lobes: absent
Paliform lobes: present
Columella continuity: dis-continuous
Columella width: <=1/4
Endothecal dissepiments: abundant
Wall structure: parathecal
Double or single wall: double

Distribution:
Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;
Late Pliocene : 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas;
Early Pleistocene : 321-394fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas;
Recent : 30m">>30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; 10-20m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;


Last updated on June 16, 1998-kgj.


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