Polyp-canal reconstruction reveals evolution towards complexity in corals (Dataset Part 121)

There are 17 files in this dataset. This is the 121st 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121个分块。采集自西沙群岛（2018年）的样本包括：精巧鹿角珊瑚（Acropora millepora）、多刺鹿角珊瑚（Acropora muricata）、沃恩扁脑珊瑚（Coscinaraea vaughani）、羊角微孔珊瑚（Montipora capricornis）、叶状微孔珊瑚（Montipora foliosa）、指状杯形珊瑚（Pocillopora damicornis）、曲形孔珊瑚（Porites meandrina）、疣状孔珊瑚（Porites verrucosa）以及伞房杯形珊瑚（Stylophora pistillata）；采集自南沙群岛的样本包括：指状鹿角珊瑚（Acropora digitifera）、美丽扁脑珊瑚（Favia speciosa）（2008年）以及膨胀微孔珊瑚（Montipora turgescens）（2017年）；采集自涠洲岛的样本为黄孔珊瑚（Porites lutea）（2017年）；采集自加文礁的样本包括：丛生盔形珊瑚（Galaxea fascicularis）以及星状微孔珊瑚（Montipora stellata）（2017年）；采集自里德桌山的样本为多眼鹿角珊瑚（Acropora myriophthalma）（2017年）；采集自渚碧礁的样本为中华扁脑珊瑚（Platygyra sinensis）（2017年）。所有样本均为大型树状群落，形成灌丛状分布，采自海洋近岸带的热带浅礁，采集深度约为5至10米。该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，保存于本实验室的珊瑚养殖缸中，养殖缸内的环境参数均模拟了其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（High Resolution Computed Tomography，简称HRCT）分析前，已在缸中保存约1至3个月。