Isophyllastrea rigida

(Dana, 1848)




Holotype: YPM 4297; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: cerioid Colony Shape: massive Budding: intramural Columella: trabecular and discontinuous Corallite Size: large (10 - 20mm) Wall Structure: parathecal Lobes: none

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Specimen details:

Image Description: Figured USNM 47729
Image view: colony.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: figured (Cairns 1982).


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Specimen details:

Image Description: Figured USNM 47729
Image view: calice.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: figured (Cairns 1982).


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Distribution:
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
    Late Pleistocene, Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.





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