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SIMPLE CORAL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Paleontology
DEF

A coral that does not form part of a colony.

CONT

solitary coral. - Coral polyps can be solitary or colonial. Solitary forms remain as a single individual polyp and one corallite.

CONT

Corals are not restricted to just reefs, many solitary corals may be found in rocks where reefs are not present (such as Cyclocyathus which occurs in the Cretaceous period Gault clay formation of England).

OBS

solitary coral: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Polypier] formé d'un seul calice, conique, pourvu de son système de cloisons.

OBS

polypier : Sécrétion calcaire produite par un groupe de polypes et sur laquelle ils vivent agrégés. Les coraux sont des polypiers.

OBS

M. de Réaumur nommait le corail un polypier, comme on nomme un nid de guêpes un guêpier; cette idée était très fausse, et a été pourtant généralement adoptée d'après cet illustre naturaliste.

OBS

coralliaire solitaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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