Phaceloid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Phaceloid is an adjective meaning Of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
Meaning
Of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
Example Sentences
On the other hand, species lacking zooxanthellae preferentially form solitary coralla or poorly integrated colonies (i.e. with little or no connecting tissue) and have larger corallites; e.g., phaceloid growth forms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subplocoid, heterocoralloid, amplexoid, phacellate, celleporiform, coralliferous.
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