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Porites astreoides


Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816

Holotype:
MHNP Lamarck Coll. 169; Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Number of pali: <2; Colony shape: mound; Wall reticulum: >2 trabeculae; Columella development: strong (columella greater than pali; Calice elevation: >0.5mm; Palar ring: wide (>40%, short ventral septa); Corallite distribution: even; Number of septa per corallite: 12; Calice diameter: 1.2-1.4mm;


(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: MZUT Coel. 278
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: SUI 102795
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Bache Shoal, Florida

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(C) MHNP
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: Holotype MHNP Lamarck Colln no. 169
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: calice; "Mers d'Amerique";
Scale:
Reference: Foster 1986, pl.15, f.1
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: SUI 102795
Image Type: light
Image view: corallite;
Scale: 5.0 mm
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Bache Shoal, Florida

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(C) J. W. Wells
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: figured Wells Colln #2241
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference: Foster 1986, text-fig.19
Locality: Recent, >30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) J. W. Wells
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen: figured Wells personal #1332
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference: Foster 1986, text-fig.18
Locality: Recent, >30m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: SEM
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality:

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: SEM
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality:

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(C) AFB
Specimen Details:
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Specimen:
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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Distribution:
No Data No Data
Lower Terrace Formation ?. Salina St. Michiel, St. Michiel, Curacao, south 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 Cruz Formation. Santiago, Cuba, central Caribbean.
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
514-539 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
606-648 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Bowden Formation. Bowden Shell Beds, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Empalme). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, 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
259-272 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
445-484 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
High Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, Curacao, south Caribbean.
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
209-259 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
321-394 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
394-445 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
127-209 fbmp. BDP Core Unda, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
86-278 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
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.
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.