GLOSSARY OF CORAL MORPHOLOGIC TERMS

Coenosteum spacing

Skeleton between corallites within a colony (measured by taking average distance between the three closest corallites)
 
Character State Definition Illustration
narrowly spaced 0.4 - 0.8 mm [example: Stylophora sp. C]
moderately spaced 0.8 -1 mm [example: Stylophora minor]
widely spaced > 1 mm [example: Stylophora affinis]
 


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