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Diploria clivosa


Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Holotype:
SUI 122811 (Neotype); Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Species Morphological Description:
Columella width: 1/2; Colony size: large (>30cm); Wall development between buds: few; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Number of septal cycles: <4; Septal spacing (per 5mm): >12; Epitheca: absent; Calicular platform shape: v-shaped; Exothecal dissepiments: absent; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Septal lobes: absent; Columella continuity: continuous; Wall structure: septothecal; Double or single wall: single; Meander series sinuosity: gently curved; Attachment of skeleton: attached; Calice or valley width: small (1.5-5mm); Calice relief: medium (2-4mm); Coenosteum: fused walls; Relative septa thickness: unequal; Paliform lobes: present; Endothecal dissepiments: few;


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Neotype SUI 122811 FA1076
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16E
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Neotype SUI 122811 FA1076
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16F
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: SEM
Image view: wall;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20M
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: SEM
Image view: mid-septum;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20N
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: SEM
Image view: columella;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 20O
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: thin section
Image view: corallite;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24M
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: thin section
Image view: wall;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24N
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122807 FA1060
Image Type: thin section
Image view: columella;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 24O
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Specimen: Figured BM(NH) 1928.3.1.25
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 5 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.15c
Locality: Recent, Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys, Florida

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Distribution:
No Data No Data

Early Pliocene
Rio Banano Formation. Q. Brazo Seco, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest 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
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.