INVERTEBRATE FAUNAL LIST
MAO FORMATION
Rio Gurabo Section: from 810-829 m
Foraminiferal Zone: Globorotalia miocenica zone.
Nannofossil Zone: NN15
General Description: In the lower part: shelly, pebbly limestone
with corals. In the upper part: shelly pebbly sand.
Zooxanthellate Corals
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Stephanocoenia
spongiformis (Duncan, 1964).
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Stylophora minor
Duncan, 1963.
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Stylophora monticulosa
Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1925.
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Madracis decactis
(Lyman, 1859).
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Madracis decaseptata
(Wesibord, 1971).
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Acropora saludesis
Vaughan, 1919.
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Agaricia lamarcki
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851.
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Agaricia undata
(Ellis and Solander, 1786).
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Undaria agaricites
(Linnaeus, 1758).
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Undaria sp.
A.
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Pavona sp. A.
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Helioseris cucullata
(Ellis and Solander, 1786).
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Leptoseris cailleti
(Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1866).
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Leptoseris gardineri
(van der Horst, 1921).
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Leptoseris glabra
Dinesen, 1980.
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Porites portoricensis
(Vaughan, 1919).
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Porites baracoaensis
Vaughan, 1919
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Caulastrea portoricensis (Coryell in Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929).
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Diploria sp. Z.
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Montastraea limbata (Duncan, 1863).
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Montastraea canalis Vaughan, 1919.
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Trachyphyllia bilobata (Duncan, 1863).
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Trachyphyllia sp. A.
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Antillophyllia sawkinsi (Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926).
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Meandrina (Placocyathus) costatus Duncan, 1864.
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Meandrina (Placocyathus) variabilis Duncan, 1864.
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Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis
Weisbord, 1974.
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Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan, 1863.
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Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849b).
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Isophyllia sp. B.
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Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926.
Strombinid gastropods
Ostracodes