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ahermatypic, a. Zool.|ˌeɪhɜːməˈtɪpɪk|
[f. a- 14 + *hermatypic a.]
Designating corals that lack symbiotic zooxanthellae and are not reef-forming.
1943Vaughan & Wells Special Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 44. 1 Certain aspects of the ecology of the ahermatypic or non-reef-builders are here extensively considered for the first time. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 455 One may point to the flourishing Quaternary population of deep-water ahermatypic corals. 1984Pacific Sci. XXXVIII. 205/1 The ahermatypic coral fauna of 16 genera and 19 species is one typical of sandy or silty bottoms in moderately deep water (220m) and consists mainly of small free-living caryophyllids and flabellids. |