Polyp-canal reconstruction reveals evolution towards complexity in corals (Dataset Part 15)

There are 17 files in this dataset. This is the 15th part of this dataset. The <em>A. millepora</em>, <em>A. muricata</em>,<em> C. vaughani</em>,<em> M. capricornis</em>, <em>M. foliosa</em>,<em> P. damicornis</em>, <em>P. meandrina</em>,<em> P. verrucosa</em>, and<em> S. pistillata</em> samples were collected from the Xisha Islands (2018); the <em>A. digitifera</em>, <em>F. speciosa </em>(2008), and<em> M. turgescens</em> (2017) samples were collected from the Nansha Islands; the <em>P. lutea</em> samples were collected from the Weizhou Islands (2017); the <em>G. fascicularis</em>, and<em> M. stellata </em>samples were collected from the Gaven Reef (2017); the <em>A. myriophthalma</em> samples were collected from the Reed Tablemount (2017); the <em>P. sinensis</em> samples were collected from the Subi Reef (2017). All samples, which occurred in large arborescent colonies forming thickets, were found in tropical shallow reefs of the marine neritic zone, from depths of about 5 to 10 m. The daily mean temperature was between 23.2 and 29.2°C. The coral samples were kept whole and housed in our laboratory coral tank, where all conditions were simulated to reflect those of their habitat in the South China Sea. These samples were kept in the tank for about one to three months before HRCT analysis.

本数据集共包含17个文件，此为该数据集的第15个分卷。采集自西沙群岛（2018年）的样本包括：鹿角杯形珊瑚（A. millepora）、棘鹿角珊瑚（A. muricata）、C. vaughani、卷叶微孔珊瑚（M. capricornis）、多叶微孔珊瑚（M. foliosa）、牡丹杯形珊瑚（P. damicornis）、绳纹扁脑珊瑚（P. meandrina）、疣状扁脑珊瑚（P. verrucosa）以及柱形鹿角珊瑚（S. pistillata）；采集自南沙群岛的样本包括：指形鹿角珊瑚（A. digitifera）、2008年采集的华丽蜂巢珊瑚（F. speciosa）以及2017年采集的膨大微孔珊瑚（M. turgescens）；2017年，黄体扁脑珊瑚（P. lutea）样本采集自涠洲岛；2017年，丛状滨珊瑚（G. fascicularis）与星状微孔珊瑚（M. stellata）样本采集自加文礁；2017年，多眼鹿角珊瑚（A. myriophthalma）样本采集自礼乐滩平顶海山；2017年，中华扁脑珊瑚（P. sinensis）样本采集自渚碧礁。所有样本均为形成灌丛状的大型树状群落，发现于水深约5至10米的热带大陆架浅海珊瑚礁区域，该区域日均水温介于23.2至29.2℃。所有珊瑚样本均保持完整，保存于本实验室的珊瑚饲养缸中，缸内环境参数均模拟了这些样本在南海的原生栖息地条件。样本在进行高分辨率计算机断层扫描（HRCT）分析前，已在饲养缸中饲养约1至3个月。