NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

---

Caulastraea sp.A Budd and Johnson (cc97), 1997

Holotype: none

Morphologic Description:

Colony size: small (<10cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Branch distance: 1-3mm

Epitheca: absent

Wall development between buds: always

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

Calice or valley width: small (<5mm)

Calice relief: low (<2mm)

Calicular platform shape: u-shaped

Coenosteum: absent

Exothecal dissepiments: absent

Number of septal cycles: >3

Septal spacing (per 5mm): >12

Relative septa thickness: unequal

Relative costae thickness: unequal

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: absent

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: <=1/4

Endothecal dissepiments: rare

Wall structure: septothecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution:

Early Pliocene : Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao; Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao;

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;