Echinodermata | Brendan F. Keegan, Brendan D.S. O'Connor | Taylor & Fr

ABSTRACT

This book is a compilation of proceedings that contain abstracts of all papers/posters presented at the International Echinoderm Conference held in 1984 and complete papers from those submitted for publication and accepted on the recommendations of referees.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part 1|171 pages

General

chapter |9 pages

Echinoderm role in the history of Phanerozoic tiering in suspension-feeding communities

chapter |6 pages

Ontogeny and functional morphology of two Ordovician calceocrinids

chapter |6 pages

Biostratigraphy and evolution of crinoid columnals from the Ordovician of Britain

chapter |6 pages

Bone idle — A recipe for success?

chapter |6 pages

Echinoderm zonation in the Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic)

chapter |10 pages

The echinoderm fauna of the Newfoundland continental slope

chapter |21 pages

The energetic echinoderm

chapter |5 pages

Catch connective tissue: The connective tissue with adjustable mechanical properties

chapter |6 pages

Evolution and adaptation in some Caribbean Oligo-Miocene Clypeasters

chapter |9 pages

Slow evolution in the Holectypidae, a family of echinoids

chapter |8 pages

Preliminary analysis of distribution patterns of Australia’s non-endemic, tropical echinoderms

chapter |10 pages

Quantitative distribution of echinoderms (Holothuroidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea) in relation to organic matter in the sediment, in deep sea basins of the Atlantic Ocean

chapter |16 pages

Echinoderm fisheries of the world: A review

chapter |9 pages

Evolutionary history of Jurassic Collyritidae (Echinoidea, Disasteroidea) in the Paris Basin (France)

chapter |6 pages

Gametogenic strategies in deep-sea echinoids and holothurians from the N.E. Atlantic

chapter |7 pages

The paleobiogeography of Irish and British Lower Carboniferous blastoids

chapter |3 pages

Echinodermata (Canary Islands) — Provisional check-list

chapter |1 pages

Stability and change in the history of sea stars

chapter |1 pages

Dynamic connective tissues: The echinoderm paradigm

chapter |2 pages

Preliminary report on the reproduction of mediterranean echinoderms collected between 0 and 1000 meters, during the ‘ECOMARGE’ programme

chapter |1 pages

Middle Cambrian echinoderms from Sweden

chapter |1 pages

Echinoderms of the coral reef of New Caledonia

chapter |1 pages

Biotic diseases of echinoderms

chapter |1 pages

Life modes of cornute and mitrate carpoids

chapter |1 pages

Deep-sea echinoderms: A time and motion study

chapter |1 pages

Echinoderms of the `Cantabrico 83’ expedition off Asturias (N. Spain)

chapter |2 pages

Palaeoecology of a late Jurassic echinoderm community from the Swiss Jura mountains

chapter |2 pages

The Irish echinoderm fauna

chapter |1 pages

Echinosphaerites (Rhombifera) and its community relationships from the Middle Ordovician of Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

chapter |1 pages

The early radiation of echinoderms

chapter |1 pages

An annotated atlas of abyssal echinoderms from the Clipperton-Clarion Fracture Zone, equatorial eastern north Pacific

chapter |1 pages

The origin and early evolution of Balanocrinus (Crinoidea: Articulata)

chapter |1 pages

Detritus as food for echinoderms

chapter |1 pages

Predation influences the microhabitat distribution of ophiuroids and echinoids in the rocky subtidal zone of the Gulf of Maine, USA

part 2|31 pages

Crinoidea

chapter |6 pages

Bathymétrie et variabilité morphologique chez les Pentacrinidae (Echinodermes — Crinoïdes pédonculés) du Pacifique occidental

chapter |4 pages

Post-spawning behavior and early development of the comatulid crinoid, Antedon bifida

chapter |9 pages

Submersible observations of deep-water crinoid assemblages in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean

chapter |7 pages

Comparison of reproduction in the Red Sea feather-stars Lamprometra klunzingeri (Hartlaub), Heterometra savignii (J.Müller) and Capillaster multiradiatus (L.)

chapter |1 pages

SEM and behavioural study of the feeding system of the comatulid, Antedon bifida

part 3|192 pages

Echinoidea

chapter |8 pages

Reproduction and development in Goniocidaris umbraculum, a brooding echinoid

chapter |7 pages

Selection, storage and elimination of heavy sand particles by the juvenile sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz)

chapter |10 pages

Feeding biology of the short-spined sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina (A.Agassiz) in Hong Kong

chapter |4 pages

Effect of mechanical stress on the calcification pattern in regular echinoid skeletal plates

chapter |7 pages

Significance of architectural patterns in the deep-sea echinoids Pourtalesiidae

chapter |7 pages

Food selection and absorption efficiency in the spatangoid echinoid, Echinocardium cordatum (Echinodermata)

chapter |8 pages

Morphology of spines of Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Echinodermata, Echinoidae) and its ecological significance

chapter |7 pages

The non-periodic nature of growth rings in echinoid spines

chapter |5 pages

The African sand dollar Rotula

chapter |6 pages

Population dynamics of Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant) in the bay of Douarnenez (Brittany)

chapter |8 pages

Functional morphology of test, lantern and tube feet ampullae system in flexible and rigid sea urchins (Echinoidea)

chapter |5 pages

Amoebae in tissues of diseased echinoids (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) in Nova Scotia

chapter |8 pages

Ecology of juvenile green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) at an urchin dominated sublittoral site in eastern Newfoundland

chapter |9 pages

Annual reproductive periodicity in eight echinoid species on the Caribbean coast of Panama

chapter |2 pages

The bald-sea-urchin disease: A bacterial infection

chapter |6 pages

An investigation of the distribution of pedicellariae in Echinus esculentus (L.)

chapter |12 pages

Macro- and microstructure of the primary spines in Asthenosoma varium Grube (Echinothuridae: Echinoidea): Affinities with the Diadematidae and Toxopneustidae

chapter |6 pages

Differential mortality during the embryonic and larval lives of northeast Pacific echinoids

chapter |7 pages

L’édification de la face orale au cours du développement direct de Abatus cordatus, oursin incubant subantarctique

chapter |6 pages

Pedicellariae as a specific character in sea urchin species

chapter |7 pages

Structural analysis of the test of Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F.Müller)

chapter |7 pages

Sea urchins in seagrass communities: Resource management as functional perspective of adaptive strategies

chapter |7 pages

Growth retardation in the regular echinoid Echinus esculentus Linnaeus

chapter |1 pages

A respirmetric and direct calorimetric study of ovarian energy metabolism in Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

chapter |1 pages

Pheromonal control of metamorphosis in the Pacific sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus

chapter |1 pages

The echinoids Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) and Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin) in the intertidal zone of the French atlantic coast Introduction to studies on growth and boring activity

chapter |1 pages

Skeletal growth systems in echinoid larvae (Paracentrotus lividus)

chapter |1 pages

Influence of the domestic pollution generated by the discharge of the Marseilles-Cortiou sewage outlet on the distribution and morphometry of Paracentrotus lividus (Lmk.)

chapter |1 pages

Symbiotic bacteria within the intestinal caecum of the spatangoid echinoid, Echinocardium cordatum

chapter |1 pages

Oral surface podial feeding in the sand dollar Echinarachnius parma (Lamarck)

chapter |1 pages

Variations in the rate of ingestion of algal cells with the stage of morphological development of larvae of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata)

chapter |1 pages

Geographic and bathymetric distribution of the clypeasteroids

chapter |1 pages

Fine structure of the globiferous pedicellariae of the echinoid,

Sphaerechinus granularis

chapter |1 pages

Sea urchin outbreaks and nematode epizootics in Vestfjorden, northern Norway

chapter |1 pages

Body wall structure of Echinarachnius panna (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida)

chapter |1 pages

A comparison of sea urchin recruitment at sites on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America

chapter |1 pages

The Echinocardium-Lithocystis Association: Investigation of the host’s reactions

chapter |1 pages

Anatomy, function and diversity of clypeasteroid non-respiratory podia

chapter |1 pages

Comparative analyses of free amino-acid composition in eggs and ovaries of sea urchins (the subclass Regularia)

chapter |1 pages

Ecology of the sand dollar Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra on the west-central coast of Venezuela (Caribbean Sea)

chapter |1 pages

Mass mortality of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea) and increased macroalgal abundance in the rocky subtidal off Nova Scotia, Canada

chapter |1 pages

Succession of macroalgae following mass mortalities of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis off Nova Scotia, Canada

chapter |1 pages

Base sequence complexity of Clypeaster and Echinocardium DNA

part 4|77 pages

Holothurioidea

chapter |13 pages

Pelagic Holothurioidea (Echinodermata) of the northeast Atlantic

chapter |8 pages

Ultrastructural changes in the autotomy tissues of Eupentacta quinquesemita (Selenka) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) during evisceration

chapter |9 pages

Changes in analyzed organic matter and energetic content of two thin-skinned holothuroids Leptosynapta galliennei and Eumolpadia violacea, at critical stages of their life cycle

chapter |6 pages

Soluble and membrane bound peptide hydrolases of the Holothuria forskali Delle Chiaje digestive tract

chapter |7 pages

Geographic variation of calcareous ossicles and the identification of three species of sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the eastern Pacific Ocean

chapter |6 pages

The tentacular ultrastructure of dendrochirote holothurians A comparative SEM study

chapter |7 pages

Histology of the autotomy region in the esophagus of Holothuria scabra Jaeger

chapter |6 pages

Seasonal torpor in Neopentadactyla mixta (Östergren) (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida)

chapter |5 pages

Niche repartition in coexisting sea cucumber species in a kelp bed community

chapter |1 pages

Reproductive patterns among northeast Pacific holothuroids

chapter |1 pages

Viviparity in a psolid holothurian from the tropical western Atlantic

chapter |1 pages

An experimental evaluation of the effect of holothurian deposit feeding on infaunal communities

part 5|126 pages

Asteroidea

chapter |4 pages

Pathways of nutrient translocation during vitellogenesis in the sea star, Asterias rubens

chapter |8 pages

Fine structure and presumed functions of the gastric hemal tufts of the Asteroid, Asterias rubens L.

chapter |6 pages

Some characteristics of vitellogenic substances in the starfish Asterias rubens L.

chapter |4 pages

Immunohistochemical localization of gonad stimulating substance in the seaster Pycnopodia helianthoides

chapter |8 pages

Distribution, reproductive cycle and morphometric relationships of Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in New Caledonia, western tropical Pacific

chapter |6 pages

The microstructure of the asteroid skeleton (Asterias rubens)

chapter |8 pages

Variations in the growth rate of Asterias rubens (L.) from west and south Brittany (France)

chapter |6 pages

Migration from refuges: A stabilising factor for a sea-star community

chapter |4 pages

Remarks on Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

chapter |7 pages

Size selectivity of prey by Luidia clathrata (Say) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): Effect of nutritive condition and age

chapter |8 pages

Role of the body-wall in the nutritional cycle of three populations of English Channel starfish

chapter |6 pages

Histochemical localization of NADPH producing enzymes by the tetrazolium salt method and of acetyl CoA carboxylase by a novel peroxydase-labelled avidin method in the storage organs and gonads of the sea star, Asterias rubens

chapter |6 pages

Patterns of nitrogen excretion in seven species of asteroids

chapter |7 pages

Comparison of chemical senses in the sea star Marthasterias glacialis with chemical senses in some fishes

chapter |6 pages

The effect of feeding and starvation on the level and content of nucleic acids in the pyloric caeca of Luidia clathrata (Say)

chapter |7 pages

Consequences of predation by the asteroid Evasterias troschelii Stimpson in a soft-sediment ascidian community

chapter |2 pages

On the status and affinities of the goniasterid genus Calliaster Gray, 1840 (Asteroidea)

chapter |1 pages

Activity throughout the year and translocation of the gonad stimulating substance (GSS) in the asteroid, Asterias rubens

chapter |1 pages

Asexual reproduction in the sea star Stephanasterias albula

chapter |1 pages

Sexual and asexual reproduction in geographically separated populations of the fissiparous asteroid Coscinasterias calamaria Gray

chapter |1 pages

The significance of the larval coelom in characterising the bipinnaria and brachiolaria in asteroid ontogeny

chapter |1 pages

Acid phosphatase during yolk formation and early development in Asterina gibbosa (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

chapter |1 pages

Adaptive aspects of the annual caeca/gonad reproductive cycle in Asterias forbesi

chapter |1 pages

Coelomic microcanaliculae within the asteroid body-wall

chapter |1 pages

Investigations on the movement and excitability of the rosettes of crossed pedicellariae in the asteroid, Marthasterias glacialis

chapter |1 pages

Changing properties of somatic accessory and germinal cells during the amitotic/mitotic and premeiotic/meiotic transitions of spermatogenesis in Asterias vulgaris

chapter |1 pages

An investigation into the behavioural and ecological bases for periodic infestations of Asterias rubens

chapter |1 pages

Regulation of spermatogenic proliferation in Asterias vulgaris by polyamines

chapter |1 pages

The Acanthaster infestations: A step in the damaging-evolution of the coral reef ecosystem

chapter |1 pages

Comparison of steroid levels in the gonads and pyloric caeca of male and female Asterias rubens: Relation to reproduction

chapter |1 pages

Development of the larval coelom in the asteroid, Asterias rubens

part 6|62 pages

Ophiuroidea

chapter |5 pages

The brittle star, Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel), an inhabitant of a Pacific sponge, Damiriana hawaiiana de Laubenfels

chapter |7 pages

Post-autotomy feeding behavior of Micropholis gracillima (Stimpson): Implications for regeneration

chapter |5 pages

Intracellular studies on the nervous system of an echinoderm

chapter |4 pages

Hemal transport of ingested nutrients by the ophiuroid, Ophioderma brevispinum

chapter |5 pages

Neurophysiological studies on the perception of environmental stimuli in Ophiura ophiura (L.) (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea)

chapter |6 pages

Contrasting reproductive periodicities among north-eastern Pacific ophiuroids

chapter |6 pages

Interference competition between brittle-stars?

chapter |8 pages

The family Ophiuridae in the bathyal zone of the Indian Ocean: Origin and biogeography

chapter |1 pages

Acrocnida brachiata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): Intertidal, subtidal populations in Brittany

chapter |1 pages

The use of marine ‘key’ species in ecotoxicological testing

chapter |1 pages

Occurrence of specialized papillae on the tube-feet of the ophiuroid Amphipholis squamata

chapter |1 pages

Bioluminescence in deep and shallow water brittlestars

chapter |1 pages

A study of ophiuroid size, abundance, and reproductive mode in relation to coral reef zones and substrata

chapter |1 pages

Development and metamorphosis of the brittle star Ophiocorrza pumila: Evolutionary and ecological implications

chapter |1 pages

Annual recruitment in the brackish-water ophiuroid Ophiophragmus filograneus

chapter |1 pages

Use of dissolved organic matter during brooding in Amphiphohs squamata: Implications for editing the developmental program of the ophiopluteus

chapter |1 pages

Post-larval morphology of some N.W. European ophiuroids

chapter |1 pages

The tendons of Ophiocomina nigra and their role in arm autotomy: Evidence for variable tensility in a type IV collagenous structure