intraskeletal

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English

Etymology

From intra- +‎ skeletal.

Adjective

intraskeletal (not comparable)

  1. Within the skeleton.
    • 2015 September 4, “Stable Isotope Signatures of Middle Palaeozoic Ahermatypic Rugose Corals – Deciphering Secondary Alteration, Vital Fractionation Effects, and Palaeoecological Implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      To minimize the influence of intraskeletal cements on the observed signatures, the analysed specimens included unusual species either devoid of large intraskeletal open spaces ('button corals': Microcyclus, Palaeocyclus), or typified by particularly thick corallite walls (Calceola).