Montastraea-I faveolata

(Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Colony Form: plocoid

Colony Shape: massive, mound-shaped

(often with skirts)

Colony Surface: smooth

Budding Type: extramural

Corallite Diameter: 2.1-2.7 mm

Distance between neighboring corallites: 0.6-0.9 mm

Coenosteum Texture: rectangular

Costae: weak to moderately well developed

Columella Structure: trabecular

Wall Structure: septothecal

Synonyms: none

Distribution:

Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Shark's Hole Formation. Isla Colon, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, 514-539fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 445-484fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, High Terrace Formation. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Portete, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, 321-394fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, 394-445fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, 127-209fbmp Formation. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, 86-278fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, Middle Terrace Formation. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Key Largo Formation. Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San.Dom. Terraces Formation. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.