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Taxomony and biology of corals
  Anatomy of Scleractinia

  The coenosarc

Coral polyps are interconnected by a living tissue, the coenosarc. It is composed of the superposition of two tissues layers, the oral tissue and the aboral tissue which demarcate the coenosarcal space, ie gastrovascular cavity.

tropical coral - coenosarqual tissue
  Schematic representation of coenosarqual tissue

  Click to see the photo in electron microscopy


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