- 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...
-
corals always show tabulae,
horizontal plates that
divide the
corallite skeleton. The
corallites are
usually large relative to
different types of coral. Rugose...
-
individual mouths. This is
surrounded by a
single corallite wall, as is the case in the
meandroid corallites of
brain corals.
Extratentacular budding always...
-
characterized by
polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the
common name "honeycomb coral"). The
walls between corallites are
pierced by
pores known as mural...
-
branches contain both
axial and
radial corallites;
radial corallites have been
observed as
elongated and
axial corallites occur in
varying numbers and are rasp-like...
- The
corallites are of
varying sizes and
arranged in
vertical rows,
often with
alternate rows of
larger and
smaller corallites. The
axial corallites are...
- (39 in). Its thin
branches contain long
axial corallites which are tube-shaped, and
radial corallites are tube- or pocket-shaped and small. This coral...
- Its
corallites are of no
specific size;
specimens on
slopes of
reefs have had tube-shaped
corallites, and
specimens on reef
flats have had
corallites built...
- branchlets,
which contain axial,
incipient axial, and
radial corallites. The
axial corallites,
located on the ends of the branchlets, are
small with outer...
- 770 ft)
Discovery 1847
Geology Limestone Entrances 1
Access Public Features Stalactites, stalagmites, columns,
parietal hangings,
corallites, speleothems...
