Madracis decaseptata

(Weisbord, 1971)




Holotype: UF 8292; Early Miocene - Middle Miocene, Chipola Formation; Chipola River, Florida.

Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoid to subcerioid
Colony Shape: branching
Colony Size: branches 1-2 cm thick
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.3-1.7 mm
Septa Per Corallite: 15-20
Lobes: paliform
Columella Structure: styliform
Wall Structure: septothecal
Synonyms: none

Distribution:
    Early Miocene - Middle Miocene, Chipola Formation. Chipola River, Florida, north Caribbean.
    Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Mao Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.





Last updated on 29 June 2004 - has