Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33341-x, published online 11 October 2018

This Article contains an error in the legend of Figure 2.

“TEM images of Oxypora lacera mitochondria (m) and Golgi bodies (denoted by arrow) from wild (a) and cultured (b) oocytes. yb = yolk body. lg = lipid granule. The scale represents 1 um.”

should read:

“TEM images of Oxypora lacera mitochondria (m) and Golgi bodies (denoted by arrow) from wild oocytes (a and b). yb = yolk body. lg = lipid granule. The scale represents 1 um.”

In addition, this Article contains an error in the Discussions section.

“Herein we found that wild and cultured coral oocytes differed in their ultrastructure and physiology; notably, wild coral oocytes had thicker microvillus layers, and this may be related to the presumably higher potential for heterotrophy in situ.”

should read:

“Herein we found that wild and cultured coral oocytes differed in their ultrastructure and physiology; notably, wild coral oocytes had thinner microvillus layers, and this may be related to the presumably higher potential for heterotrophy in situ.”