Manicina areolata

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Meander series sinuosity straight; Colony size small (<10cm); Colony shape massive; Attachment of skeleton free-living; Epitheca well-developed; Wall development between buds never; Symmetry of bud geometry multi-directional; Calice or valley width large (10-15mm); Calice relief medium (2-4mm); Calicular platform shape u-shaped; Coenosteum narrow (< valley width); Exothecal dissepiments present; Number of septal cycles >3; Septal spacing (per 5mm) 6-12; Relative septa thickness unequal; Relative costae thickness unequal; Continuity of costae discontinuous; Septal lobes present; Paliform lobes absent; Columella continuity continuous; Columella width 1/3; Endothecal dissepiments few; Wall structure parathecal; Double or single wall single;

(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype SUI 80507 Image view: colony. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.18, f.1. Locality: KJ-88P3 <10m Buena Ventura, Panama, southwest Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype SUI 80495 Image view: colony. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.18, f.2. Locality: KJ-88B3 <10m Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, central Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype USNM 96241 Image view: calice0. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, pl.19, f.4. Locality: <10m Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: hypotype USNM 96241 Image view: transverse. Specimen figured Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14d. Locality: <10m Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -
(C) .	Specimen details: Image Description: nontype Field Image view: field. Locality: <10m San Blas Islands, Panama, southwest Caribbean. Recent. - Enlarge Image -

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, Bowden Formation. Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Bowden Formation. Bowden Wharf, 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, 'Old Pera' Formation. Old Pera, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, 445-484fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, 321-394fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Glades Formation. Belle Glade, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Jamaica, central 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.
Late Pleistocene, Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.