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- noun Plural form of
corallite .
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The corallites the skeletons of the individual coral polyps, may sit closely side by side or be arranged in multiple series in a generally irregular honeycomb pattern
In pictures: The world’s most important corals in need of conservation 2011
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I say a breccia, because we must not confound the fresh and white corallites of this very recent littoral formation, with the corallites blended in the mass of transition-rocks, grauwacke, and black limestone.
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I say a breccia, because we must not confound the fresh and white corallites of this very recent littoral formation, with the corallites blended in the mass of transition-rocks, grauwacke, and black limestone.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The second is Coenosteum which is a complex tissue that seperates each individual corallites.
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The second is Coenosteum which is a complex tissue that seperates each individual corallites.
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