A corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract. The cup is composed...

individual mouths. This is surrounded by a single corallite wall, as is the case in the meandroid corallites of brain corals. Extratentacular budding always...

corals always show tabulae, horizontal plates that divide the corallite skeleton. The corallites are usually large relative to different types of coral. Rugose...

the corallite. The septa are vertical skeletal elements inside the corallite wall and the costae join the septae and continue outside the corallite wall...

from the Greek "akron" meaning "summit" and refers to the presence of a corallite at the tip of each branch of coral. They are commonly known as staghorn...

colonies. The corallites (stony cups in which the polyps are seated) are deep with steep walls. The septa (stony ridges between the corallite walls) are...

is one of the radiating vertical plates lying within the corallite wall. Outside the corallite wall these plates are known as costae (singular costa)....

several small (2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) in diameter), corallite-secreting polyps. The corallites are cylindrical in shape, typically 2–3.81 mm (0.079–0...

characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral"). The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural...

them. The polyps sit in cup-shaped depressions in the skeleton known as corallites. Colonies of stony coral are markedly variable in appearance; a single...

same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and...

always colonial, forming colonies of individual hexagonal cells known as corallites defined by a skeleton of calcite, similar in appearance to a honeycomb...

Septa, plural for septum (coral), the stony ridges forming part of the corallites of corals SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority...

Species Corallites (diameter) Septa (count) H. anna 12–16 mm 32-44 H. cristata 16–20 mm 36-44 H. fusiformis 6–10 mm 34-38 H. percarinata ~10 mm 38-40 H...

secreted by the epidermis of the lower part of the polyp; this forms a corallite, a cup-shaped hollow made of calcium carbonate, in which the polyp sits...

2008. Han, Zhenhua; LI Jinming (April 1990). "Niangniang Temple and Corallite Little Temple in Paracel and Spratly Islands". Southeast Asian Affairs:...

misidentified as frogspawn leading to some confusion. Fimbriaphyllia divisa has a corallite skeleton with a flabello-meandroid "wall" structure whereas Fimbriaphyllia...

hollow known as a corallite, surrounded by calcareous material. Lining this are narrow ribs known as septa. Outside the corallite wall the ribs continue...

columella (central column of the corallite) is solid and prominent, and the septa (stony plates forming the corallite wall) may be fused to the columella...

770 ft) Discovery 1847 Geology Limestone Entrances 1 Access Public Features Stalactites, stalagmites, columns, parietal hangings, corallites, speleothems...

siderea), S. intersepta has large, protruding corallites as opposed to S. siderea's retracted corallites. Polyp tentacles are usually extended during the...

massive and usually flat. The corallites are either circular or angular in shape. The septa are thick near the wall of the corallite, becoming thin near the...

centimetres (6.7 in) long and is embedded in a cup shaped hollow known as a corallite, surrounded by calcareous material. Lining this are narrow ribs known...

the valleys dividing irregularly). Each corallite has a number of septa (vertical blades inside the corallite cup) which taper in thickness and have tall...

cup or corallite. The sides of these have minute walls called septa which come in four different sized cycles. They extend outside the corallites as costae...

sporangium. A coral septum is one of the radial calcareous plates in the corallites of a coral. Annelids have septa that divide their coelom into segmented...

secretes the coenosteum, the layer of skeletal material lying between the corallites (the stony cups in which the polyps sit). The coenosarc is composed of...

"Long-term effects of induced mineral accretion on growth, survival and corallite properties of Porites cylindrica Dana". Journal of Experimental Marine...

Close-up showing corallites...

December 2014. Hanley, Charles J. "Why Duncan, Your Whiskers are Tickling my Corallite!". QualityMarine.com. Quality Marine. Retrieved 13 December 2014. Thein...