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Record 1 1977-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] holotheca [is the] generally wrinkled lamina deposited by colonial corals to cover [the] base of [the] corallum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) le mot holothèque s’emploie pour désigner, chez les polypiers coloniaux seulement, le revêtement calcaire, plus ou moins épais, lisse ou plissé, qui s’étale sur leur face inférieure, de l'apex au bord marginal.

Spanish

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