Polyp-canal reconstruction reveals evolution towards complexity in corals (Dataset Part 95)

There are 17 files in this dataset. This is the 95th 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，当前为该数据集的第95个分块。本次涉及的样本包括：千孔轴孔珊瑚（*A. millepora*）、紫点轴孔珊瑚（*A. muricata*）、瓦氏角孔珊瑚（*C. vaughani*）、帽状微孔珊瑚（*M. capricornis*）、叶状微孔珊瑚（*M. foliosa*）、鹿角杯形珊瑚（*P. damicornis*）、曲纹牡丹珊瑚（*P. meandrina*）、疣状杯形珊瑚（*P. verrucosa*）以及花柱珊瑚（*S. pistillata*），上述样本均于2018年采自西沙群岛；指状轴孔珊瑚（*A. digitifera*）、华丽蕨形珊瑚（*F. speciosa*，2008年采集）与膨胀微孔珊瑚（*M. turgescens*，2017年采集）采自南沙群岛；黄体软珊瑚（*P. lutea*）于2017年采自涠洲岛；丛状滨珊瑚（*G. fascicularis*）与星状微孔珊瑚（*M. stellata*）于2017年采自加文礁；多眼轴孔珊瑚（*A. myriophthalma*）于2017年采自里德海山；中华扁脑珊瑚（*P. sinensis*）于2017年采自渚碧礁。所有样本均为形成茂密灌丛的大型树状珊瑚群体，采集于南海大陆架浅海区域的热带浅礁海域，采集水深约5至10米。采集海域的日平均水温介于23.2℃至29.2℃之间。所有珊瑚样本均保持完整形态，安置于本实验室的珊瑚饲养缸内，该缸的环境参数均模拟了它们在南海原生栖息地的条件。所有样本在饲养缸中存放约1至3个月后，再进行高分辨率计算机断层扫描（HRCT）分析。