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Diploria labyrinthiformis


Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype:
lost no number (lost); Recent, Unspecified Locality, N/A, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Meander series sinuosity: gently curved; Colony size: medium (10-30cm); Attachment of skeleton: attached; Epitheca: reduced; Wall development between buds: few; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Calice or valley width: medium (5-10mm); Calice relief: medium (2-4mm); Calicular platform shape: u-shaped; Coenosteum: wide (> valley width); Exothecal dissepiments: present; Number of septal cycles: >3; Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12; Relative septa thickness: equal; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Septal lobes: absent; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: continuous; Columella width: 1/2; Endothecal dissepiments: few; Wall structure: septothecal; Double or single wall: single;


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Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: hypotype BM(NH) 1887.4.26.7
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.15b
Locality: Recent, Nassau, N/A, Bahamas

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: nontype BM(NH) 99999
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99647
Image Type:
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: nontype SUI 99999
Image Type:
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Unspecified Locality, N/A

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: hypotype USNM 36727
Image Type:
Image view: transverse;
Scale:
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14c
Locality: Recent, Hog Island, N/A, Bahamas

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen: hypotype USNM 96241
Image Type:
Image view: field;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, Florida Keys, N/A, Florida

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Distribution:
Late Pliocene
272-342 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
342-355 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Swan Cay Formation. Swan Cay, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
unnamed formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
394-445 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
86-278 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, N/A, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Middle Terrace. Hato, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
San Andres Formation. San Andres, N/A, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, southern, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Lower Terrace. Hato, N/A, Curacao, south Caribbean.