Tabulata

See also: tabulata

Translingual

polished section of Michelinia sp.

Etymology

From Latin tabulāta (“floored”), after the well-developed horizontal internal partitions (tabulae) within each cell and reduced or absent vertical internal partitions (septa).

Proper noun

†Tabulata

  1. A taxonomic order within the class Anthozoa – tabulates: extinct corals that form colonies of individual hexagonal cells (corallites) forming a honeycomb skeleton.

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