Madracis pharensis

(Heller, 1868)



Holotype: lost no number; Recent; Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia.

Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoid to subcerioid
Colony Shape: encrusting
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: < 0.6 mm
Septa Per Corallite: 20
Lobes: paliform
Columella Structure: styliform
Wall Structure: septothecal
Synonyms: none

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 Specimen details:
Image Description: USNM 81347
Image view: colony.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: Madracis pharensis pharensis.


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 Specimen details:
Image Description: USNM 81347
Image view: calice.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: M. pharensis pharensis.


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 Specimen details:
Image Description: USNM 85449
Image view: calice.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: Madracis pharensis luciphila.


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 Specimen details:
Image Description: USNM 85449
Image view: colony.

Locality: : more information required.
Remarks: Madracis pharensis luciphila.


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Distribution:
    Middle Miocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michielsberg, Curacao, south Caribbean.
    Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Mao, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Mao Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Brazo Seco, Costa Rica, southwest 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 - Late Pliocene, Mao Formation. Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.




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