Polyp-canal reconstruction reveals evolution towards complexity in corals (Dataset Part 78)

There are 17 files in this dataset. This is the 78th 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78个部分。采集自西沙群岛（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>以及<em>S. pistillata</em>；采集自南沙群岛的样本包括<em>A. digitifera</em>、<em>F. speciosa</em>（2008年）与<em>M. turgescens</em>（2017年）；<em>P. lutea</em>样本采集自涠洲岛（2017年）；采集自加文礁（Gaven Reef，2017年）的样本包括<em>G. fascicularis</em>与<em>M. stellata</em>；<em>A. myriophthalma</em>样本采集自雷迪海山（Reed Tablemount，2017年）；<em>P. sinensis</em>样本采集自渚碧礁（Subi Reef，2017年）。所有样本均为大型树状群落，形成灌丛状分布，发现于海洋浅海带的热带浅礁海域，水深约5至10米。日平均水温介于23.2℃至29.2℃之间。所有珊瑚样本均以完整形态保存，存放于本实验室的珊瑚养殖缸中，缸内环境参数均模拟了它们在南海的原生栖息地条件。这些样本在养殖缸中存放约1至3个月后，方进行高分辨率计算机断层扫描（High Resolution Computed Tomography，以下简称HRCT）分析。