NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Favia fragum (Esper, 1795)

Synonymy:

Holotype: lost

Morphologic Description:
Colony size: small (<10cm)
Attachment of skeleton: attached
Epitheca: well-developed
Wall development between buds: always
Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional
Calice or valley width: small (<5mm)
Calice relief: low (<2mm)
Calicular platform shape: u-shaped
Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width)
Exothecal dissepiments: present
Number of septal cycles: <4
Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12
Relative septa thickness: unequal
Relative costae thickness: unequal
Continuity of costae: dis-continuous
Septal lobes: absent
Paliform lobes: absent
Columella continuity: continuous
Columella width: 1/2
Endothecal dissepiments: rare
Wall structure: septothecal
Double or single wall: single

Distribution:
Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Tamiami Fm., Sarasota, Florida; Q.Chocolate Fm., Q. Chocolate, Costa Rica; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;
Late Pliocene : Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica;
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao;
Late Pleistocene : Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Falmouth Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica;
Recent : <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica;


Last updated on June 17, 1998-kgj.


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