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Manicina areolata


Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype:
ZMB Cni673 (Neotype); Recent, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Species Morphological Description:
Wall development between buds: never; Calice or valley width: large (10-15mm); Epitheca: well-developed; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width); Meander series sinuosity: straight; Colony size: small (<10cm); Attachment of skeleton: free-living; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Paliform lobes: absent; Columella continuity: continuous; Double or single wall: single; Calice relief: medium (2-4mm); Calicular platform shape: u-shaped; Exothecal dissepiments: present; Number of septal cycles: >3; Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12; Relative septa thickness: unequal; Relative costae thickness: unequal; Septal lobes: present; Columella width: 1/3; Endothecal dissepiments: few; Wall structure: parathecal;


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Neotype ZMB Cni673
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 11A
Locality: Recent, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Neotype ZMB Cni673
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 11B
Locality: Recent, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 80507 KJ-370
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16G
Locality: Recent, Punta Ventura, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 80495 KJ-B316
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 16H
Locality: Recent, Blue Ground Range, Belize

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122824 FA1107
Image Type: SEM
Image view: wall;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21D
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122824 FA1107
Image Type: SEM
Image view: mid-septum;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21E
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122824 FA1107
Image Type: SEM
Image view: columella;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21F
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122822 FA1067
Image Type: thin section
Image view: wall;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25D
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122822 FA1067
Image Type: thin section
Image view: corallite interior;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25E
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122822 FA1067
Image Type: thin section
Image view: close-up of septa;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25F
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: Figured USNM 96241
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14d
Locality: Recent, <10m, Florida Keys, Florida

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: nontype
Image Type: field
Image view:
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, San Blas Islands, Panama

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Distribution:
Early Pliocene
Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Mao Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Bowden Formation.
       Bowden Shell Beds, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Bowden Wharf, Bowden, Jamaica, central 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
445-484 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar). Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Old Pera Beds. Old Pera, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
321-394 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
Glades Formation. Belle Glade, Florida, north Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, 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.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.