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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2013316117 |
A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton | |
Jarosław Stolarski; Ismael Coronado; Jack G. Murphy; Marcelo V. Kitahara; Katarzyna Janiszewska; Maciej Mazur; Anne M. Gothmann; Anne-Sophie Bouvier; Johanna Marin-Carbonne; Michelle L. Taylor; Andrea M. Quattrini; Catherine S. McFadden; John A. Higgins; Laura F. Robinson; Anders Meibom | |
2020-12-15 | |
发表期刊 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | One of the most conserved traits in the evolution of biomineralizing organisms is the taxon-specific selection of skeletal minerals. All modern scleractinian corals are thought to produce skeletons exclusively of the calcium-carbonate polymorph aragonite. Despite strong fluctuations in ocean chemistry (notably the Mg/Ca ratio), this feature is believed to be conserved throughout the coral fossil record, spanning more than 240 million years. Only one example, the Cretaceous scleractinian coral Coelosmilia (ca. 70 to 65 Ma), is thought to have produced a calcitic skeleton. Here, we report that the modern asymbiotic scleractinian coral Paraconotrochus antarcticus living in the Southern Ocean forms a two-component carbonate skeleton, with an inner structure made of high-Mg calcite and an outer structure composed of aragonite. P. antarcticus and Cretaceous Coelosmilia skeletons share a unique microstructure indicating a close phylogenetic relationship, consistent with the early divergence of P. antarcticus within the Vacatina (i.e., Robusta) clade, estimated to have occurred in the Mesozoic (ca. 116 Mya). Scleractinian corals thus join the group of marine organisms capable of forming bimineralic structures, which requires a highly controlled biomineralization mechanism; this capability dates back at least 100 My. Due to its relatively prolonged isolation, the Southern Ocean stands out as a repository for extant marine organisms with ancient traits. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/308265 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jarosław Stolarski,Ismael Coronado,Jack G. Murphy,等. A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,2020. |
APA | Jarosław Stolarski.,Ismael Coronado.,Jack G. Murphy.,Marcelo V. Kitahara.,Katarzyna Janiszewska.,...&Anders Meibom.(2020).A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton.Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. |
MLA | Jarosław Stolarski,et al."A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton".Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2020). |
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