septocostae

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A form of septocosta — An external costa on the calyx of a coral at the end of a radial septum

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of septocosta
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    By using grey-scale image inversion and silicone rubber casts for the visualization of the original skeletal anatomy and the detection of distinct micromorphological characters (i.e. shape of septal teeth, granulation of septocostae) Parascolymia bracherti has been identified as a new species in spite of the dissolved skeleton.

    2015 July 23, “Parascolymia (Scleractinia: Lobophylliidae) in the Central Paratethys Sea (Vienna Basin, Austria) and its possible biogeographic implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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