Colpophyllia breviserialis
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Holotype:
BMNH 1840.5.29.6; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.
Morphologic Description:
Series Length
short (<3cm);
Meander series sinuosity
sinuous;
Colony size
large (>30cm);
Colony shape
massive;
Attachment of skeleton
attached;
Epitheca
absent;
Wall development between buds
most;
Symmetry of bud geometry
multi-directional;
Calice or valley width
very large (>15mm);
Calice relief
high (4-10mm);
Calicular platform shape
v-shaped;
Coenosteum
narrow (< valley width);
Exothecal dissepiments
present;
Number of septal cycles
>3;
Septal spacing (per 5mm)
<6;
Relative septa thickness
equal;
Relative costae thickness
equal;
Continuity of costae
discontinuous;
Septal lobes
absent;
Paliform lobes
present;
Columella continuity
discontinuous;
Columella width
<=1/4;
Endothecal dissepiments
abundant;
Wall structure
parathecal;
Double or single wall
double;
Synonyms:
(C) .
Specimen details:
Image Description
:
holotype
BM(NH) 1840.5.29.6
Image view
: calice.
Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.21, f.3.
Locality
: unspecified, West Indies, Caribbean. Recent.
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Distribution:
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
, 272-342fbmp Formation. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
, 321-394fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
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