cateniform
cateniform Applied to the form of the corallum which occurs in the tabulate corals (Tabulata). The corallites are elongated and joined side by side to make fencelike structures. In end section they resemble chain links, hence the name (from the Latin catena meaning ‘chain’). See COMPOUND CORALS.
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