Helioseris cucullata

(Ellis & Solander, 1786)




Holotype: Hunterian (lost) no number; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: meandroid
Colony Shape: plates, thin, explanate
Colline Characteristics: irregular, acute collines
Series Characteristics: irregular
Budding Type: intramural
Corallite Diameter: 3.0-4.6 mm
Calical Relief: high, may be exsert
Septa Per Corallite: 15-25
Relative Septum Thickness: thin and smooth
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: absent
Columella Development: ocassionally weak
Wall Structure: synapticulothecal
Synonyms: none

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Distribution:
    Early Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Brazo Seco, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Shark's Hole Formation. Isla Colon, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Portete, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Key Largo Formation. Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.





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