intraskeletal

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^[1], →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).