What is corallite and Coenosarc?
In corals, the coenosarc is the living tissue overlying the stony skeletal material of the coral. It secretes the coenosteum, the layer of skeletal material lying between the corallites (the stony cups in which the polyps sit). How does coral grow their corallite? Phaceloid (figure 9-9): Each corallite has an individual wall. The corallite is…