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Definition of Paliform

Paliform
Paliform Pa"li*form, a. (Zo["o]l.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.

Meaning of Paliform from wikipedia

- are paliform lobes, in the form of rods or blades, rising from the inner margins of the septa. These may form a neat circle called the paliform crown...
- forms m****ive colonies, usually spherical or elongate, with well developed paliform lobes. Polyps can be seen only at night. The following species are currently...
- varians P. sp.11 cf. capitata A. valida Balanophyllia sp. (pink) P. sp. 15 (paliform lobes) A. sp.29 (table) Cladopsammia eguchii Porites brighami A. sp.30...
- structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like...
- meandroid valleys. The walls of the corallites are thin, the septa bear large paliform lobes and there is a small central collumella. Goniastrea favulus is native...
- the valley walls into the next valley. They are finely toothed and have paliform lobes, and the columella are large. This coral is quite variable in colour...
- the corallites) are in two whorls and each has four or five teeth. The paliform lobes are distinct on the first whorl of septa and the columella at the...
- Budding is usually intratentacular (inside the ring of tentacles). The paliform lobes, visible through the tissues, are large and broad in protected environments...