Madracis asperula

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Holotype: BMNH ???; Recent; Madeira Islands, Portugal.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: plocoid

Colony Shape: branching to nodular

Budding Type: mostly extramural

Corallite Diameter: 2.0-3.0 mm

Coenosteum Width: 0.4-0.9 mm

Septa Per Corallite:10 primary and 10 scondary that do not attach to columella, but are rudimentary nubs along edge of calyx

Lobes: none

Columella Structure: styliform

Columella Width: broad

Wall Structure:septothecal

Synonyms: none

(C) NMB.	*Specimen details:* Image Description: USNM 99056 Image view: colony. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
(C) NMB.	*Specimen details:* Image Description: USNM 99056 Image view: calice. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -

Distribution:

Plio-Pleistocene: Moin Formation, Costa Rica.

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