ABSTRACT

Echinoderms are now considered as a biological and geological model that underlies researches of primary importance. The extent of the contributions made by the International Echinoderm Conferences to various fields of research is attested by the scope covered by presentation at the international conferences. These proceedings contain the complete papers or abstracts of all the presentations and posters presented at the eighth International Echinoderm Conference, held in Dijon, France in September, 1994. Coverage includes: general; extinct classes; crinoids; asteroids; ophiuroids; holothuroids; and echinoids.

part 1|161 pages

General

chapter |4 pages

The International Echinoderm Conferences — A retrospect

ByDavid Nichols

chapter |1 pages

Population Dynamics of Antarctic Echinoderms

ByT. Brey, C. Dahm

chapter |1 pages

Echinoderms as hosts for anthozoans in the deep-sea

ByS. K. Bronsdon, E. A. Tyler, B. Bingham, C.M. Young

chapter |7 pages

Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic body-wall extracts of echinoderms from the northern Gulf of Mexico

ByPatrick J. Bryan, James B. McClintock, Stephen A. Watts, Ken R. Marion, Thomas S. Hopkins

chapter |5 pages

Aspects of the hyponeural nervous system

ByJ.L.S. Cobb, K.M. Begbie

chapter |6 pages

Sub-cuticular bacteria: Their incidence in the echinoderms of the British Isles and New Zealand

ByMaeve S. Kelly, J. Douglas McKenzie, M.F. Barker

chapter |1 pages

An introduction to the echinoderms of southern China

ByYulin Liao, Ailsa M. Clark

chapter |9 pages

Molecular approaches to echinoderm phylogeny

ByC.R. Marshall

chapter |9 pages

Echinoderm skeletal homologies: Classical morphology meets modern phylogenetics

ByRich Mooi, Bruno David, Didier Marchand

chapter |2 pages

Changes in a shallow water echinoderm community

ByH. Moosleitner

chapter |12 pages

Antarctic echinoderms: History, distribution, ecology, 1968–1993

ByDavid L. Pawson

chapter |10 pages

Brooding in the Antarctic: Östergren had it nearly right

ByJohn S. Pearse, Isidro Bosch

chapter |6 pages

Echinoderm phylogeny and the place of concentricycloids

ByVicki B. Pearse, John S. Pearse

chapter |1 pages

Analysis of phagocytosis of echinoderm phagocyte in vitro

ByT. Seki, K. Seki, T. Yanagisawa

chapter |1 pages

Working out a databank on marine invertebrates

ByI.S. Smimov

chapter |1 pages

Interclass comparisons of plasticity in development of echinoderm larval forms in response to food

ByR. R. Strathmann, A.T. Sewell, M. F. Strathmann

chapter |2 pages

Neurohormonal peptides in asteroids and echinoids: Characterization, distribution and putative functions

ByM.C. Thorndyke, S.J. Moore, C. Moss, M.R. Elphick, H.E. Duerr, R.D. Burke

chapter |7 pages

Tissue- and species-specific variations in androgen metabolism

ByStephen A. Watts, Gene A. Hines, C.A. Byrum, James B. McClintock, Ken R. Marion, Thomas S. Hopkins

part 2|19 pages

Extinct classes

part 3|91 pages

Crinoids

chapter |1 pages

Crinoids and their Paleozoic primacy

ByWilliam I. Ausich

chapter |1 pages

Hook Head crinoid fauna (Tournaisian; Co. Wexford, Ireland)

ByWilliam I. Ausich, George D. Sevastopulo

chapter |1 pages

Morphology and biomechanics of the ‘problematical’ ligament in the arm of Metacrinus rotundus

ByR. Birenheide, T. Motokawa, S. Amemiya

chapter |6 pages

Light and electron microscopic studies on arms and pinnules of the Cyrtocrinid Gymnocrinus rieheri

ByTh. Heinzeller, N. Améziane-Cominardi, U. Welsch

chapter |4 pages

Cell cycle in regenerating feather star arms

ByNicholas D. Holland

chapter |2 pages

Well-preserved bourgueticrinid crinoids from the Late Maastrichtian of The Netherlands

ByJohn W. M. Jagt, Mart Deckers, Marcel Kuypers

chapter |6 pages

Ultrastructure of the neuromuscular junction in the crinoid Stylometra spinifera

ByA. Lange, Th. Heinzeller, R. Bals, U. Welsch

chapter |1 pages

Marsupites and Uintacrinus: Pelagic or benthic crinoids?

ByC.V. Milsom, A. Gale, M.J. Simms

chapter |1 pages

Zoobathymetry and the so-called restriction in the deep-sea of some echinoderm communities

ByMichel Roux, Nadia Améziane-Cominardi, Jean-Paul Bourseau

chapter |7 pages

A new interpretation of crinoid thecal plate homology and phylogeny

ByMichael J. Simms

chapter |6 pages

Morphology of Reichensperger’s organ and the glandular axial organ in Metacrinus rotundus

ByU. Welsch, Th. Heinzeller, N.D. Holland

chapter |1 pages

Why do bathyal crinoids wave their arms?

ByC.M. Young, R.H. Emson

part 4|107 pages

Asteroids

chapter |1 pages

Organic matter transformations in the bathyal seastars Bathyhiaster vexillifer andPlutonaster bifrons

ByC. Bishop, P.A. Tyler, M. Varney, J.D. Gage

chapter |1 pages

Metamorphosis of the sea star Asterias, rubens Linné

ByAnnette L. Gondolf

chapter |1 pages

Artificial induction of cleavage in the starfish egg

ByM. Ishikawa, M. Katoh

chapter |6 pages

Heterotopy, pelagic direct development, and new body plans in velatid asteroids

ByDaniel A. Janies, Larry R. McEdward

chapter |7 pages

Development of the multiarmed seastar, Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel

ByMiéko Komatsu, Mikiko Kawai, Satoshi Nojima, Chitara Oguro

chapter |5 pages

Demonstration of beta-adrenergic receptors in intact Asterias oocytes

ByN. E. Lamash, Yu. S. Khotimchenko, I.I. Deridovich

chapter |2 pages

Regeneration in the starfish nervous system

ByC. Moss, M.C. Thomdyke

chapter |1 pages

Reproduction and development of a brooding sea star, Smilasterias multipara O’Loughlin & O’Hara

ByP.M.O. Loughlin, K. Tanaka, M. Komatsu

chapter |1 pages

Foraging strategy of the asteroid Leptasterias polaris: Role of prey odors, current and feeding status

ByR. Rochette, J. H. Himmelman, J.-F. Hamel

chapter |1 pages

On the use of the R/r ratio in Asteroidea

ByA. Tablado, J.A. Calcagno

chapter |5 pages

High-molecular weight protease (20 S proteasome) from the starfish ovary

ByMichiko Takagi Sawada, Kazuo Izumi

chapter |5 pages

Aggregation for spawning in the breeding season of the sea-star, Asterina minor Hayashi

ByHideyuki Tominaga, Miéko Komatsu, Chitara Oguro

chapter |6 pages

The relation between body size and number of prey in starfish (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

ByC.R.R. Ventura, A.O.R. Junqueira, F.C. Fernandes

part 5|117 pages

Ophiuroids

chapter |6 pages

Structural and mechanical aspects of the mouth-frame of the brittlestar Ophioderma longicaudum (Retz.)

ByM. D. Candia Carnevali, F. Bonasoro, I.C. Wilkie

chapter |3 pages

Luminescence control of Amphipholis squamata (Ophiuroidea): Nature of cholinergic receptors

ByN. De Bremaeker, J. Mallefet, F. Baguet

chapter |8 pages

Distribution of bathyal ophiuroids round the Faroes in relation to the local hydrodynamic regime

ByR.H. Emson, P.A. Tyler, A. Nørrevang

chapter |6 pages

P/B ratios in deep-sea brittle stars

ByJohn D. Gage, Thomas Brey

chapter |6 pages

Immunocytochemical investigations on the radial nerve cord of Ophiura ophiura

ByM. Ghyoot, J.L.S. Cobb

chapter |1 pages

Morphological and molecular phylogeny of ophiuroids

ByA. B. Smith, G. Patterson, B. Lafay

chapter |1 pages

Predation and regeneration of Ophiura sarsi on the US continental slope: Use of a manned submersible to perform in situ experiments

ByS.E. Stancyk, R. J. Feller, R.B. Aronson, W.E. Dobson, J.D. McKenzie

chapter |7 pages

Aspects of reproduction and anatomy of the euryalinid snake star Astrohrachion constrictum

ByBrian Stewart, Philip V. Mladenov

part 6|76 pages

Holothuroids

chapter |1 pages

Family Psolidae: New distribution records from the Antarctic

ByCynthia Ahearn

chapter |1 pages

Larval fixation and small scale migration of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa

ByJ.-F. Hamel, G. Desrosiers

chapter |1 pages

Reproductive mode and population characteristics of the Antarctic sea cucumber Cucumaria ferrari

ByJ.B. McClintock, M. Slatteiy, B. Gaschen, J. Heine

chapter |7 pages

Feeding strategies in abyssal holothurians

ByH. M. Moore, D. Roberts

chapter |7 pages

A preliminary analysis of diversity and distribution of Holothurioidea from Prydz Bay and the MacRobertson Shelf, eastern Antarctica

ByP. Mark O’Loughlin, Tania M. Bardsley, Timothy D. O’Hara

part 7|346 pages

Echinoids

chapter |6 pages

Chordoid structures in regular sea-urchins

ByF. Bonasoro, M. D. Candia Carnevali

chapter |6 pages

Echinoid triphyllous pedicellariae as a platform for epizoic organisms

ByA.C. Campbell, J.P. Newman

chapter |4 pages

Premières expériences d’élevage et d’ensemencement de Paracentrotus lividus, Lamarck, en Galice (Espagne)

ByJ. L. Catoira Gomez, J.G. Mosquera Talion, L. J. Miguez Rodriguez

chapter |1 pages

Diverticulum sand in a miniature sand dollar Sinaechinocyamus mai

ByC.P. Chen, B.Y. Chen

chapter |1 pages

Influence of environmental conditions on sea urchin development: Preliminary study in the Bay of Brest

ByBrano Chevallier, Monique Guillou, Françoise Quiniou

chapter |6 pages

Predation of the Upper Cretaceous spatangoid echinoid Micraster

ByNigel E. Cross, Edward P.F. Rose

chapter |1 pages

Upper Oligocene echinoids from Jamaica and the Caribbean

ByHarold L. Dixon

chapter |7 pages

Middle to Upper Eocene echinoids of Jamaica

ByStephen K. Donovan

chapter |3 pages

De l’apex du Cidaris ramondi Leymerie, 1851

ByJ.P. Dupuy, B. Cahuzac

chapter |1 pages

Upper Cretaceous echinoids from south central Pyrenees*

ByJ. Gallemi

chapter |5 pages

Differentiation and fine structure of larval epaulets in the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus

ByP. Gosselin, D. Bucaille, M. Jangoux

chapter |5 pages

Occurrence and effects of symbiotic pedunculate barnacles on echinoid hosts

ByJ.C. Grignard, M. Jangoux

chapter |6 pages

Biochemical studies of echinoderm surface coats using radiolabelling techniques

ByIrina Grigolava, J. Douglas McKenzie

chapter |1 pages

Effect of light on feeding in cultivated echinoids (Paracentrotus lividus)

ByPhilippe Grosjean, Michel Jangoux

chapter |1 pages

Morphological adaptation of the sand dollar Echinarachnius parma to its environment

ByJ.-F. Hamel, A. Cabanac, J.H. Himmelman

chapter |4 pages

Pedicellariae of the endemic mediterranean heart urchin Schizaster canaliferus

ByH. Hilgers, G.O. Schinner

chapter |6 pages

Biosynthesis of estrogen derivatives in the echinoid Lytechinus variegatus Lamarck

ByG.A. Hines, S.A. Watts, J.B. McClintock

chapter |1 pages

Selective inhibitors of membrane fusion events during fertilization and embryogenesis

ByS. Ikegami, H. Kobayashi, S. Ohta, K.H. Kato

chapter |6 pages

The paleobiology of a late Maastrichtian echinoid fauna from Haccourt (Liège, NE Belgium)

ByJohn W. M. Jagt, Ger P.H. Michels

chapter |5 pages

Early Palaeocene marsupiate regular echinoids from NE Belgium

ByJohn W.M. Jagt, Raymond W. J. M. van der Ham

chapter |1 pages

Digestive system of echinoids

ByM. Jensen

chapter |1 pages

The annual reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in New South Wales

ByC. K. King, O. Høegh-Guldberg, M. Byrne

chapter |2 pages

Late Triassic (Carnian) echinoids from Slovenia

ByAdrijan Košir

chapter |7 pages

Polytypism in the spatangoid sea urchin Echinocardium: A morphological vs molecular approach

ByBernard Laurin, Bruno David, Jean-Pierre Féral, Evelyne Derelle

chapter |1 pages

Status of Diadema populations ten years after mass mortality

ByH.A. Lessios

chapter |8 pages

Brood-protection and diversity in echinoids from Prydz Bay, Antarctica

BySusanne J. Lockhart, P. Mark O’Loughlin, Peter Tutera

chapter |7 pages

Plasticité de F oursin, Sphaerechinus granulans (Lamarck), face aux variations de l’environnement

ByLawrence J.L. Lumingas, Monique Guillou

chapter |4 pages

Phylogenetic versus phenetic analyses in the spatangoid Lovenia

ByCéline Madon

chapter |1 pages

Effects of cholinergic drugs on Paracentrotus lividus development up to metamorphosis

ByB. Marchi, F. Trielli, C. Falugi, M. C. Corre, L. Fenaux

chapter |5 pages

Size frequency, recruitment and adult growth in the sea biscuit Clypeaster ravenelii in the northern Gulf of Mexico

ByJames B. McClintock, Jeffrey D. Vernon, Stephen A. Watts, Ken R. Marion, Thomas S. Hopkins

chapter |1 pages

Diet for a small urchin: Does body size affect deposit feeding?

ByRich Mooi, Malcolm Telford

chapter |1 pages

The evolution of gamete binding proteins in closely related sea urchins

ByS.R. Palumbi, E.C. Metz

chapter |1 pages

Clypeasteroid skeletal matrix proteins

ByE. S. Poison, L. L. Robbins, J.M. Lawrence

chapter |6 pages

Interactions among lobsters, sea urchins, and kelp in Nova Scotia, Canada

ByRobert E. Scheibling

chapter |1 pages

The dynamics of destructive grazing of kelp beds by sea urchins in Nova Scotia

ByR. E. Scheibling, A. W. Hennigar, T. Balch

chapter |1 pages

Mechanical design and strength properties in spines of Schizaster canaliferus (Echinoidea: Spatangoida)

ByG.O. Schinner, H. Hilgers, H. Peterlik, K. Kromp

chapter |6 pages

Differentiation of the genital apparatus in a juvenile echinoid (Paracentrotus lividus)

ByC. Spirlet, P. Grosjean, M. Jangoux

chapter |1 pages

A possible mechanism of the pore-closure response of the echinoid madreporite

ByM. Tamori, K. Takahashi

chapter |5 pages

Structural models and graphical simulation of echinoids

ByMalcolm Telford

chapter |1 pages

Nervous control of the mechanical properties of the tooth support in echinoids

ByA. Tsuchi, R. Birenheide, T. Motokawa

chapter |1 pages

Larval morphology and echinoid phylogeny

ByG.A. Wray