Dataset: Differential effects of nutrients and consumer pressure on sympatric cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) in Moorea, French Polynesia sampled in November 2021.

Cryptic species (evolutionarily distinct lineages that do not align with morphologically defined species) are being increasingly discovered but are poorly integrated into ecological theory. In particular, we still lack a useful understanding of if and how cryptic species differ in ways that affect community recovery from disturbances and responses to anthropogenic stressors, such as the removal of consumers and pollution from nutrients. On coral reefs, nutrient pollution increases the growth...