Histological Examination of Precious Corals from the Ryukyu Archipelago

Figure 16

Histological sections of Corallium elatius; longitudinal section of OCA-Cn20050606-008 (above), and transversal section of OCA-Cn20050620-021 (below). 1: axis, 2: coenenchyme, 3: autozooid, 4: siphonozooid, 5: vascular canals.