Table 2. Lipid class composition of intact and recombined samples of four scleractinian species prepared using air-spraying and in toto crushing sample preparation techniques.

Intact, samples prepared with crushing method; Recombined, combined results of isolated skeleton and tissue prepared with the air-spraying method.

(mg g lipid−1)	A. millepora		M. crassotuberculata		P. cylindrica		P. damicornis
	Intact	Recombined	Intact	Recombined	Intact	Recombined	Intact	Recombined
WAX	123 ± 6.70	112 ± 6.39	85.9 ± 4.79	104 ± 22.4	88.1 ± 2.60	98.1 ± 5.05	95.6 ± 2.92	104 ± 7.20
TAG	194 ± 32.9	172 ± 32.3	170 ± 33.0	143 ± 29.6	70.7 ± 5.18	75.2 ± 8.78	189 ± 25.9	205 ± 32.6
FFA	41.8 ± 3.17*	27.0 ± 1.99*	21.5 ± 1.90*	32.9 ± 2.81*	36.1 ± 10.6	28.0 ± 3.05	45.8 ± 3.04*	30.1 ± 3.49*
1,2 DAG	74.2 ± 7.57	82.1 ± 7.37	97.1 ± 5.27	83.3 ± 10.4	112 ± 2.06	109 ± 11.4	82.2 ± 7.95	76.8 ± 10.2
ST	80.1 ± 4.38	71.7 ± 4.09	74.7 ± 3.89	77 ± 4.81	79.2 ± 4.31	86.3 ± 5.52	71.7 ± 2.84	80.8 ± 6.87
AMPL	175 ± 11.0	184 ± 10.9	173 ± 15.6	210 ± 16.2	171 ± 6.63	185 ± 9.82	134 ± 5.62*	166 ± 11.4*
PE	84.4 ± 7.02*	106 ± 6.41*	118 ± 10.4	114 ± 6.25	120 ± 1.67	133 ± 9.6	99.0 ± 3.85	110 ± 7.96
PSPI	104 ± 14.8	102 ± 14.1	115 ± 18.6	96.7 ± 17.0	153 ± 13.4*	104 ± 18.3*	122 ± 14.6	109 ± 13.6
PC	123 ± 7.49	135 ± 7.27	133 ± 8.79	126 ± 8.07	151 ± 2.85	142 ± 13.0	123 ± 5.97	105 ± 10.2
LPC	nd*	8.97 ± 4.21*	12.1 ± 6.52	12.6 ± 8.58	19.1 ± 8.75	39.4 ± 8.52	38.1 ± 9.51*	14.1 ± 6.72*
∑STORAGE	433 ± 32.8	393 ± 33.9	375 ± 34.2	363 ± 33.5	307 ± 9.76	310 ± 17.1	412 ± 29.0	415 ± 28.3
∑STRUCTURAL	567 ± 32.8	607 ± 33.9	625 ± 34.2	637 ± 33.5	693 ± 9.76	690 ± 17.1	588 ± 29.0	585 ± 28.3

Notes.

Values are presented as means ± SEM (n = 20).

nd

not detected

^*indicate significant differences between intact and recombined samples within each species (P < 0.05).