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Colpophyllia amaranthus


Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn, 1772)

Holotype:
USNM 100498 (Neotype); Recent, Unspecified Locality, Venezuela.

Species Morphological Description:
Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm); Endothecal dissepiments: abundant; Calice relief: very high (>10mm); Meander series sinuosity: sinuous; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width); Epitheca: absent; Calicular platform shape: v-shaped; Septal spacing (per 5mm): <6; Relative septa thickness: equal; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Septal lobes: absent; Columella width: <=1/4; Series Length: medium (2-5cm); Colony size: medium (10-30cm); Attachment of skeleton: attached; Wall development between buds: most; Exothecal dissepiments: present; Number of septal cycles: >3; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: discontinuous; Wall structure: parathecal; Double or single wall: double;


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Neotype USNM 100498
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 3.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15G
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, Venezuela

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Neotype USNM 100498
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15H
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, Venezuela

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(C) BM(NH)
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured BM(NH) 1928.3.1.69
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 5 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.21, f.5
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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Distribution:
Late Pliocene
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.