CC species number = 11

To view a close-up of corallites.

Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 5 mm. Image is of holotype of S. canalis USNM 324775 (La Boca Formation, Panama. Early Miocene).

Morphologic Description: Branching; nodular or straight branches approx. 1 cm thick with blunt ends; mostly smooth calical surface; calices 0.8-1.0mm in diameter; circular calice shape; wide calice spacing, equal to or greater than corallite diameter; slightly raised calical rim; 6 primary and 6 secondary septa; coenosteum with granulations and no grooves.