- polyp.
Corallites vary in size, but in most
colonial corals they are less than 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter. The
inner surface of the
corallite is known...
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corals always show tabulae,
horizontal plates that
divide the
corallite skeleton. The
corallites are
usually large relative to
different types of coral. Rugose...
- same species. The
corallites project slightly above the
surface of the
coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the
corallites are
plocoid and...
-
characterized by
polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the
common name "honeycomb coral"). The
walls between corallites are
pierced by
pores known as mural...
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individual mouths. This is
surrounded by a
single corallite wall, as is the case in the
meandroid corallites of
brain corals.
Extratentacular budding always...
- is one of the
radiating vertical plates lying within the
corallite wall.
Outside the
corallite wall
these plates are
known as
costae (singular costa)....
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Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa has a tree-like
branching structure with
separate corallites. It is
native to the Indo-Pacific, Australia,
Southeast Asia, the Ryukyu...
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Pleurodictyum is an
extinct genus of
tabulate corals,
characterized by
polygonal corallites.
Colonies commonly encrust hard
substrates such as rocks, s**** and carbonate...
- and
requires close examination of the
corallites and a
biochemical and
genetic analysis.
There is a
corallite at the tip of each
branch and, with the...
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secretes the coenosteum, the
layer of
skeletal material lying between the
corallites (the
stony cups in
which the
polyps sit). The
coenosarc is
composed of...
