Meanings
nounthamnasterioid (plural thamnasterioids)
plural thamnasterioids
- A large corallum with interconnecting septa
Symbiotic corals often have corallites of small size and form highly integrated colonies (e.g., meandroid or thamnasterioid colonies) with large parts of the surface covered by coenosarc (interpolypoidal tissue) [14 ].
2016 January 12, “Fine-Scale Skeletal Banding Can Distinguish Symbiotic from Asymbiotic Species among Modern and Fossil Scleractinian Corals”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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