Madracis mirabilis

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)



Holotype: MZUT Coel358(ex536); Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoid to subcerioid
Colony Shape: branching
Colony Size: branches < 1 cm thick
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.1-1.6 mm
Coenosteum Width: 1.0 mm
Septa Per Corallite: 10+
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: styliform
Wall Structure: septothecal


Synonyms: none

(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: holotype MZUT Coel358 (ex 536)
Image view: colony.

Locality: St.Thomas, Antilles: more information required.



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(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: holotype MZUT Coel358 (ex 536)
Image view: colony.

Locality: St.Thomas, Antilles: more information required.



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(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: holotype MZUT Coel358 (ex 536)
Image view: calice.

Locality: St.Thomas, Antilles: more information required.



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(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: holotype MZUT Coel358 (ex 536)
Image view: calice.

Locality: St.Thomas, Antilles: more information required.



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Distribution:
    Middle Miocene, Brasso & Tamana Formation. Gasparillo/Tabaquite, Trinidad, southeast Caribbean.
    Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. Salina St. Michiel, Curacao, south Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Mao Formation. Rio Cana, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Matanzas Formation. Matanzas, Cuba, central Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene, Bowden Formation. Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 'Old Pera' Formation. Old Pera, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.




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