[Coral-List] terminology for coral tissues and ultrastructural features

[Lorenzo Menzel]

Hi Thomas,

There may seem to be different terms used for similar tissues, but
your example of coenosarc and coenenchyme for tissue between polyps
might not be the best: coenosarc is mainly used with hard corals, i.e.
hexacorallia, while coenenchyme is used mainly with soft corals e.g.
octocorallia in my experience. In fact I have used coenenchyme for an
octocoral in a 2015 publication (Histology and ultrastructure of the
coenenchyme of the octocoral Swiftia exserta, a model organism for
innate immunity/graft rejection) based on the precedents set by Bayer
in 1956, 1961, 1974, and 1983; Kingsley in 1982 and 1983; von Koch in
1887; and Silveira and van't Hoff in 1977.


Lorenzo

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> From: Thomas Krueger <thomas.krueger at epfl.ch>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I wanted to ask if there is a universal guide or glossary list of terms
> appropriate to use when describing coral histology and ultrastructure.
> Thanks to a colleague, I realized that there are multiple terms for the
> same type of tissues. E.g. the literature uses the terms "coenosarc" as
> well as "coenenchyme" for the connecting tissue between individual
> polyps. A guide from the Coral Disease and Health Workshop: Coral
> histopathology II (2005) provides a nice overview about a number of
> terms (http://aquaticcommons.org/2236/1/rpt_full.pdf) and I am tempted
> to use them. Is there a standard reference for the naming of specific
> coral tissues? Thanks.
>
> All the best,
>
> Thomas
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