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ArticleScientific reports2024

Influence of sipunculan (peanut worm) activity on orifice formation in scleractinian Heterocyathus for adaptation to soft substrates.

Yuki Tokuda, Shuya Kawakita, Asuka Sentoku, Yoichi Ezaki, Naoki Tanaka, Shotaro Nagasawa, Kazumitsu Nakaguchi, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kondo, Susumu Ohtsuka

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Yuki TokudaFaculty of Environmental Studies, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, 1-1-1 Wakabadaikita, Tottori, 689-1111, Japan. tokuda35@gmail.com.
Shuya KawakitaFaculty of Environmental Studies, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, 1-1-1 Wakabadaikita, Tottori, 689-1111, Japan.
Asuka SentokuDepartment of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Yoichi EzakiDepartment of Geosciences, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Sugimoto, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
Naoki TanakaDepartment of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Shotaro NagasawaDepartment of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Kazumitsu NakaguchiSchool of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan.
Shuhei YamaguchiSchool of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan.
Yusuke KondoFisheries Laboratory, Blue Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon-Neutral Research Center, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minato-Machi, Takehara, Hiroshima, 725-0024, Japan.
Susumu OhtsukaFisheries Laboratory, Blue Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon-Neutral Research Center, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minato-Machi, Takehara, Hiroshima, 725-0024, Japan.

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Scientific Research Fund of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K13649, 20K04147, 18H03366, 21K14032, 22K03798, 23H01258
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Abstract

Mutualism profoundly affects the morphology and ecological evolution of both hosts and symbionts involved. Heterocyathus is a solitary scleractinian coral that lives on soft substrata, and sipunculan worms live symbiotically in the tube-like cavities (orifice) inside the coral skeletons. This habitat provides protection to the sipunculan worms against predators and-owing to the mobility of the worms-prevents the coral from being buried with sediments. The orifice growth is closely related to the symbiont sipunculan worms; however, this has not been previously elucidated. Here, we clarified the growth process of scleractinian coral orifices and the influence of sipunculan activity on this. The orifices were originally formed by rapid accretion deposits. The coral soft tissue enveloping the growth edge of the orifice repeatedly retreated to the outer side due to direct damage to the soft part and/or excessive stress caused by the rubbing of the sipunculan through locomotion, excretion, and feeding behaviour. This resulted in a toppled-domino microskeletal structure appearance and maintenance of the orifice growth. These outcomes demonstrate the first example of the direct influence of symbionts on the skeletal morphogenesis of scleractinian corals. The mutualism between the two organisms is maintained by the beneficial confrontation in forming orifices.

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AnthozoaSymbiosisAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCoral ReefsEcosystem

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PMCPMC11059395

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