In colonial organisms, the central axis or core structure that connects and supports all the individual members of the colony.
From Greek 'koinos' (common) + Latin 'centrum' (center). The term describes the structural hub of colonial life.
In some coral colonies, the coenocentrum acts like a skeletal structure—if you could X-ray a coral head, you'd see this central framework holding the whole organism together.
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