GLOSSARY OF CORAL MORPHOLOGIC TERMS

D1. Coenosteum

Skeleton between corallites within a colony

 
 
Character State Definition Illustration
absent None
fused walls Highly reduced
narrow (< valley width) Narrow (< valley width)
medium (= valley width) Medium (= valley width)
wide (> valley width) Wide (> valley width)
 


Last updated on June 8, 1998-jpd.