Descriptor : Size of individual corallites (monocentric corallites)
What is the size of individual corallites?
Measure the largest external diameter on the top of the wall. Measure severals corallites of the colony and calculate a mean.
For sizes at the boundary between two states, validate these two states.
Carefull: the value is not applicable for pluricentric corallites.
small
medium
medium
large
not applicable
- small [3 or less than 3 mm]
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petite
petite
petite
petite
- medium [3 to 15 mm]
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medium
medium
medium
medium
- large [more than 15 mm]
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large
large
large
large
- not applicable
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On these photos, there is no undividual corallites (monocentrics), there are only corallites associated, with valleys. For this case, it is impossible to estimate the size of individual corallites, the value is therefore 'not applicable'.
not applicable
not applicable
not applicable
not applicable
Hierarchy
Monocentric and/or pluricentric corallites? | |_ Size of individual corallites (monocentric corallites)