Polyp-canal reconstruction reveals evolution towards complexity in corals (Dataset Part 101)

There are 17 files in this dataset. This is the 101st 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.

本数据集共计17个文件，此为该数据集的第101个部分。采自西沙群岛（2018年）的样本包括<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>及<em>S. pistillata</em>；采自南沙群岛的样本包括<em>A. digitifera</em>、<em>F. speciosa</em>（2008年）及<em>M. turgescens</em>（2017年）；采自涠洲岛（2017年）的样本为<em>P. lutea</em>；采自加文礁（Gaven Reef，2017年）的样本包括<em>G. fascicularis</em>与<em>M. stellata</em>；采自礼乐滩海山（Reed Tablemount，2017年）的样本为<em>A. myriophthalma</em>；采自渚碧礁（Subi Reef，2017年）的样本为<em>P. sinensis</em>。所有样本均为形成茂密灌丛的大型树枝状珊瑚群落，发现于海洋浅海带的热带浅礁海域，采集水深约为5至10米，该栖息地的日平均水温介于23.2℃至29.2℃之间。所有珊瑚样本均保持完整形态，存放于本实验室的珊瑚养殖缸中，缸内环境参数均模拟其原生的南海栖息地条件。这批样本在养殖缸中养护约1至3个月后，方才开展高分辨率计算机断层扫描（High Resolution Computed Tomography，简称HRCT）分析。