Definition of Corallines. Meaning of Corallines. Synonyms of Corallines

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Definition of Corallines

Coralline
Coralline Cor"al*line (? or ?), a. [Cf. L. corallinus coralred.] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.
Coralline
Coralline Cor"al*line, n. [Cf. F. coralline.] 1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Meaning of Corallines from wikipedia

- grouping: the geniculate (articulated) corallines; the nongeniculate (nonarticulated) corallines. Geniculate corallines are branching, tree-like organisms...
- Coralline means 'resembling coral' and may refer to: Coralline algae, or corallines, red algae that produce calcareous deposits Less commonly, organisms...
- are typical of benthic (bottom-dwelling) foraminifera, echinoderms, and coralline algae. Aragonite skeletal grains are typical of molluscs, calcareous green...
- skeletons look similar to reef corals. Therefore, demosponges are also called coralline sponges. The Demospongiae have an ancient history. The first demosponges...
- Coralline rock is a type of rock formed by the death of layers of coralline algae. It is visually quite bright like the algae, and is often desired as...
- to late Miocene. The oldest exposed rock layer of Malta is the Lower Coralline Limestone Formation (Maltese: Żonqor), which is of Chattian age (~28–23...
- The Coralline Crag Formation is a geological formation in England. It is a series of marine deposits found near the North Sea coast of Suffolk and characterised...
- following year published An essay towards the Natural History of the Corallines. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1767. He was elected to the American...
- (August 2012). "Re****essment of Lemoine's newly Discovered Types of Fossil Corallines (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) Preserved at the Muséum National D'histoire...
- were ****igned to a separate class, Sclerospongiae, otherwise known as "coralline sponges". However, in the 1980s it was found that these were all members...