holotheca

Summary

like epitheca (in default sense) but enclosing the entire coralla other than calicular surfaces of many colonial corals. Holotheca consists of one or a combination of the same possible elements as corallite walls. In many scleractinian coralla it is partially present only as 'epithecal shreds'. See also Epitheca, Wall.

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This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 22-Apr-2008 14:35.