median suture

Summary

the line seen in transverse sections of wall areas in those cerioid corals in which the adjacent corallites are enclosed by their own epitheca (default sense). A dark line marks the position of the contiguous ('back-to-back') epithecae. (Corallites of cerioid corals whose adjacent corallites are not enclosed by epitheca, as is typical of Scleractinia, share a single wall structure and show no median suture.) See also Cerioid, Epitheca.

Orthography

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Description

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