parricidal increase

Summary

(literally 'father-killing') increase intracalicular increase in which the identity of the parent corallite is lost, i.e. it splits into two or more new corallites, none of which is a clear continuation of the parent. This is usually inferred from discontinuity of the parent's corallite centre in relation to the centres of all the descendant corallites. See also Non-parricidal.

Orthography

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This term is a sub-term of increase.

Description

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