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Colpophyllia breviserialis


Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Holotype:
BMNH 1840.5.29.6; Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm); Endothecal dissepiments: abundant; Meander series sinuosity: sinuous; Colony size: large (>30cm); Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Calice relief: high (4-10mm); Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width); Series Length: short (<3cm); Epitheca: absent; Calicular platform shape: v-shaped; Septal spacing (per 5mm): <6; Relative septa thickness: equal; Relative costae thickness: equal; Continuity of costae: discontinuous; Septal lobes: absent; Columella width: <=1/4; Attachment of skeleton: attached; Wall development between buds: most; Exothecal dissepiments: present; Number of septal cycles: >3; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: discontinuous; Wall structure: parathecal; Double or single wall: double;


(C) BM(NH)
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Specimen: Holotype BM(NH) 1840.5.29.6
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15I
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Specimen: Figured SUI 130587 Carlon #842
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15J
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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Distribution:
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
272-342 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
321-394 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Lower Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
>30m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.