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Colpophyllia natans


Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)

Holotype:
SUI 130588 (Neotype); Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Species Morphological Description:
Calice or valley width: very large (>15mm); Endothecal dissepiments: abundant; Meander series sinuosity: sinuous; Colony size: large (>30cm); Wall development between buds: few; Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional; Calice relief: high (4-10mm); Coenosteum: narrow (< valley width); 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; Exothecal dissepiments: present; Number of septal cycles: >3; Paliform lobes: present; Columella continuity: discontinuous; Wall structure: parathecal; Double or single wall: double; Series Length: long (>5cm);


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Neotype SUI 130588 Carlon #828
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 10E
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Neotype SUI 130588 Carlon #828
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 10F
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 130590 Carlon #825
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 2.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15E
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 130590 Carlon #825
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 15F
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122804 FA1100
Image Type: SEM
Image view: wall;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21A
Locality: Recent, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122802 FA1071
Image Type: SEM
Image view: mid-septum;
Scale: 0.5 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21B
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122802
Image Type: SEM
Image view: columella;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 21C
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122802 FA1071
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25A
Locality: Recent, Bocas del Toro, Panama

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122804 FA1100, J115
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 2.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25B
Locality: Recent, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured SUI 122804 FA1100, J115
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 1.0 mm
Reference: Budd et al. 2012, Fig 25C
Locality: Recent, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured USNM 3937
Image Type: thin section
Image view: transverse;
Scale: 1 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14a
Locality: Recent, Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys, Florida

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: Figured USNM 3937
Image Type: thin section
Image view: longitudinal;
Scale: 1 mm
Reference: Budd and Johnson 1998, f.14b
Locality: Recent, Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys, Florida

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Specimen: nontype Field
Image Type: light
Image view: field;
Scale: none
Reference: none
Locality: Recent, <10m, San Blas Islands, Panama

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Distribution:
No Data No Data
Lower Terrace Formation ?. Salina St. Michiel, St. Michiel, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Miocene
Gurabo Formation.
       Rio Gurabo, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
Gurabo Formation. Rio Cana, Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
La Gruta Formation. Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa).
       Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Old Pera Beds. Old Pera, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
Manchioneal Formation.
       Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
Middle Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
>30m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.