Echinoderms in a Changing World

Foreword Plenary papers Ocean acidification and echinoderms: How bad will it be for our favourite phylum? M.A. Sewell & G.E. Hofmann The legacy of ocean climate and chemistry change in the echinoderm fossil record: A review J.H. Nebelsick, A. Kroh & A. Roth-Nebelsick How many species of fossil holothurians are there? M. Reich Arm loss and regeneration in stellate echinoderms: An organismal view J.M. Lawrence Fossil echinoderms and palaeobiology Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the genus Linthia (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) from Japan K. Nemoto & K. Kanazawa Development and functional morphology of sutural pores in Early and Middle Cambrian gogiid eocrinoids from Guizhou Province, China R.L. Parsley Comparison of asteroid and ophiuroid trace fossils in the Jurassic of Germany with resting behavior of extant asteroids and ophiuroids Y. Ishida, M. Roper & T. Fujita Morphology Stereom differentiation in spines of Plococidaris verticillata, Heterocentrotus mammillatus and other regular sea urchins N. Grossmann & J.H. Nebelsick Estimating echinoid test volume from height and diameter measurements L.F. Elliott, M.P. Russell & J.C. Hernandez Stone canal morphology in the brachiolaria larva of the asterinid sea star Parvulastra exigua V.B. Morris, P. Cisternas, R. Whan & M. Byrne Arm damage and regeneration of Tropiometra afra macrodiscus (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) in Sagami Bay, central Japan R. Mizui & T. Kikuchi Taxonomy Comparisons of ophiactid brittle stars possessing hemoglobin using intronic variation A.B. Christensen & E.F. Christensen Population biology Field and laboratory growth estimates of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in Bermuda M.P. Russell, T.A. Ebert, V. Garcia & A. Bodnar Potential use of production and biomass for life-history comparisons of sea urchins T.A. Ebert Natural vs artificial: Quantifying settler and juvenile echinoderms on cobble substrate L.B. Jennings & H.L. Hunt Situational cannibalism in Luidia clathrata (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) J.M. Lawrence, J.C. Cobb, T. Talbot-Oliver & L.R. Plank Aspects of the biology of an abundant spatangoid urchin, Breynia desorii in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia J.K. Keesing & T.R. Irvine Ophiopsila pantherina beds on subaqueous dunes off the Great Barrier Reef E. Woolsey, M. Byrne, J.M. Webster, S. Williams, O. Pizarro, K. Thornborough, P. Davies, R. Beaman & T. Bridge How to lose a population: The effect of Cyclone Larry on a population of Cryptasterina pentagona at Mission Beach, North Queensland A. Dartnall, H. Stevens & M. Byrne Ecology Patchy and zoned Diadema barrens on central Pacific coasts of Honshu, Japan D. Fujita, R. Ishii, T. Kanyama, M. Abe & M. Hasegawa Native spider crab causes high incidence of sub-lethal injury to the introduced seastar Asterias amurensis S.D. Ling & C.R. Johnson Ecotoxicology and heat stress Echinoderm ecotoxicology: Application for assessing and monitoring vulnerabilities in a changing ocean M. Byrne Hsp70 expression in the south-eastern Australian sea urchins Heliocidaris erythrogramma and H. tuberculata H.D. Nguyen, M. Byrne & M. Thomson Sediment copper bioassay for the brittlestar Amphiura elandiformis-technique development and management implications C.K. Macleod, R.S. Eriksen & L. Meyer Reproductive biology An ornate fertilisation envelope is characteristic of some Ophiocoma species (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae) P. Cisternas, T.D. O'Hara & M. Byrne Behavior Complexity in the righting behavior of the starfish Asterina pectinifera M. Migita Abstracts - Oral papers Echinoderm biodiversity of the Australian continental margin (100-1500 m depths) F. Althaus, K. Gowlett-Holmes, F. McEnnulty, A. Williams, P. Dunstan, L. Marsh, T.D. O'Hara, M. O'Laughlin & A. Miskelly Activity of different populations of Patiriella regularis and Patiriella mortenseni in lowered salinity M.F. Barker Molecular genetic variation of strongylocentrotid sea urchins in the Eastern Atlantic T.T. Bizuayehu, N.T. Hagen & T. Moum Corrupted urchins: Impact of climate change on development M. Byrne, M. Ho, H. Nguyen, N. Soars, P. Selvakumaraswamy, A. Davis & S. Dworjanyn Larval development in the family Ophiocomidae provides some perspectives on life history trends in the Ophiuroidea P. Cisternas, P. Selvakumaraswamy, M. Byrne, J. Hodin & T.D. O'Hara Effects of lower seawater pH on sea urchin larvae: Implications for future ocean acidification D. Clark, M. Lamare & M. Barker Response of sea urchin larvae to reduced seawater pH: A comparison among tropical, temperate and polar species D. Clark, M. Lamare & M. Barker Morphological and molecular systematic data of elasipodid species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from New Zealand's IPY-CAML 2008 NZ survey of the Ross Sea and Scott and Admiralty seamounts, Antarctica N. Davey Evolutionary pathways among shallow and deep-sea echinoids of the genus Sterechinus in the Southern Ocean A. Diaz, E. Poulin, J.P. Feral, B. David & T. Saucede Metal contaminants: A threat to echinoderms in the 21st century? P. Dubois How reliable are age estimations of sea urchins? C.P. Dumont, J.H. Himmelman & M.P. Russell The middle Triassic crinoid Encrinus liliiformis from SW Germany and its ecophenotypic reaction to habitat diversity J.F. Dynowski & J.H. Nebelsick Problems with life-history comparisons in echinoderms T.A. Ebert Assessing shape variation of brachials in comatulids M. Eleaume, L. Hemery, N. Ameziane, R. Cornette, V. Debat & M. Baylac Using hydrodynamic modelling and genetics of multiple urchin species to infer marine connectivity in Western Australia P.R. England, D. Alpers, M. Feng & T. Wernberg New asteroids from the North East Pacific: Exceptional diversity and morphological radiation of the family Solasteridae A. Gale, R. Clark & P. Lambert Origin and evolution of the deep sea asteroid fauna A. Gale Field and laboratory estimates of growth for the sea urchin Lytechinus variegates in Bermuda V. Garcia, M.P. Russell, T.A. Ebert & A. Bodner Structure of the species assemblages of conspicuous echinoderms at the Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Baja California Sur, Mexico I.A. Guzman-Mendez, M.D. Herrero-Perezru & A.H. Weaver Holothurian settlement in two protected reefs at Cozumel, Mexico M.D. Herrero-Perezrul, S. Rojero-Leon & M. Millet-Encalada Proteomic analysis of sea star coelomocytes K. Holm, B. Hernroth & M. Thorndyke Is 'barrens' habitat good for sea urchins? C.R. Johnson, S.D. Ling & E.M.A. Strain Identifying management options to minimise risk of development of sea-urchin barrens 255 C.R. Johnson, J.C. Sanderson, S.D. Ling, C. Gardner, S.D. Frusher, K.S. Redd & H.G. Pederson At the root of the problem-phylogeny of post-palaeozoic echinoids 255 A. Kroh & A.B. Smith Sea urchins in an acidic and warm high-CO2 world 256 H. Kurihara, R. Yin & A. Ishimatsu Epifauna associated with the sea cucumber Holothuria mexicana in Puerto Rico 256 E.N. Laboy-Nieves & M. Muniz-Barretto Aspidochirote sea cucumber diversity and status of stocks in the Bunaken National Marine Park (BNMP), North Sulawesi, Indonesia 257 D.J.W. Lane Sea urchin grazing in seagrass in temperate Western Australia (Luscombe Bay, Cockburn Sound) 257 M.W. Langdon, M.van Keulen & E.I. Paling Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic pearlfishes 258 D. Lanterbecq, E. Parmentier, M. Todesco & I. Eeckhaut The geometry of the Allee effect 258 G.R. Leeworthy Climate-driven range extension of a sea urchin leads to a new and impoverished reef state 259 S.D. Ling, C.R. Johnson, K. Ridgway, A.J. Hobday, S. Frusher & M. Haddon Human-facilitated reproductive hotspots of an introduced seastar 259 S.D. Ling, C.R. Johnson, C.N. Mundy, J.D. Ross & A. Morris Recruitment of echinoderms to artificial habitats in temperate Australia: An assessment of their potential as a surrogate for total biodiversity 260 R.H. Magierowski & C.R. Johnson Ophiuroidea luminescence: Diversity and distribution, a first analysis 260 J. Mallefet & T.D. O'Hara Function of Ophiopsila aranea luminescence (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) 261 J. Mallefet, O. Hurbin & A. Jones Paedomorphosis in brittle stars-postlarval evo-devo 261 A. Martynov & S. Stohr Exploring ecological shifts using qualitative modelling: Formation of sea urchin barrens and alternative states on Tasmanian rocky-reefs 262 M.P. Marzloff, C.R. Johnson & J.M. Dambacher The concerted regulation of acrosome reaction in starfish by intracellular cGMP, cAMP, and Ca2+ levels 263 M. Matsumoto, O. Kawase, M.S. Islam, M. Naruse & M. Hoshi Challenges and breakthroughs in the study of deep-sea echinoderm biology A. Mercier Mitochondrial markers reveal many species complexes and non-monophyly in aspidochirotid holothurians F. Michonneau, K. Netchy, J. Starmer, S. McPherson, C.A. Campbell, S.G. Katz, L. Kenyon, J. Zill, G. Paulay, S. Kim, A.M. Kerr & M. O'Laughlin The effect of ocean acidification on early life history stages of the Australian sea urchins Heliocidaris tuberculata and Tripneustes gratilla S. Mifsud, J. Havenhand & J. Williamson Divergent reproductive mode reveals cryptic speciation in the lesser biscuit star Tosia australis K. Naughton Heat shock protein expression as a function of temperature and season in Heliocidaris sea urchins H.D. Nguyen, M. Thomson & M. Byrne Echinoderm biogeography in the Southern Hemisphere T.D. O'Hara A taxonomic review of the family Asteroschematidae (Ophiuroidea) from Japan M. Okanishi & T. Fujita Observations of reproductive strategies for some dendrochirotid holothuroid species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) M. O'Loughlin, C. Rowley, J. Eichler, L. Altoff, A. Falconer, M. Mackenzie & E. Whitfield Some molecular phylogenetic data for holothuroid species from Antarctica, Australia and New Zealand (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) M. O'Loughlin Diversity and distribution of holothuroid species south of the Antarctic Convergence (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) M. O'Loughlin Integrating electronic technologies in ecological field studies: Assessing movement, habitat use, and behaviour of lobsters as key predators of sea urchins in eastern Tasmania H.G. Pederson, C.R. Johnson, S.D. Ling & J.C. Sanderson Molecular detection of echinoderms in the diet of temperate marine predators K.S. Redd, S.D. Frusher, S.N. Jarman & C.R. Johnson Variation in reproductive traits of viviparous sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) L.M. Roediger & T.F. Bolton Changes in protein profiles through the reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus M.A. Sewell, S. Eriksen, K. Ruggiero & M. Middleditch Fossil clypeasteroids (Echinodermata) of the Indian subcontinent: A review D.K. Srivastava & A. Kroh Quantitative analysis of morphological characters in Stichopodidae (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida) J.A. Starmer & G. Paulay Negative impacts of the invasive sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) on commercially fished blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra) E.M.A. Strain & C.R. Johnson Isolated lateral arm plates in ophiuroid palaeontology: How diagnostic are they? B. Thuy & S. Stohr Life modes of the conspicuously dimorphic brittle star Ophiodaphne formata (Koehler, 1905) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) H. Tominaga & M. Komatsu Outbreaks and dieoffs: Causes and consequences of large amplitude population density fluctuations in echinoderms S. Uthicke, B. Schaffelke & M. Byrne Molecular diversity and body distribution of the saponins in the sea cucumber Holothuria forskali S. Van Dyck, P. Gerbaux & P. Flammang Daily and seasonal patterns in behaviour of the commercially important sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra S.M. Wolkenhauer, T. Skewes, M. Browne & D. Chetwynd Evolution of an embryonic gene regulatory network in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus G.A. Wray, D. Garfield & D. Runcie Evolution and adaptive significance of the gastric caecum in Irregularia (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) A. Ziegler, G. Rolet, C. De Ridder & R.J. Mooi Abstracts - Posters Concurring evidence of rapid sea-cucumber overfishing in the Sultanate of Oman K.M. Al-Rashdi, F.I. Al-Ajmi, S.H. Al-Habsi & M.R. Claereboudt Echinothurioid diversity in New Zealand seas O. Anderson Gametogenic synchronicity with respect to time, depth and location in three deep-sea echinoderms S. Baillon, J-F. Hamel & A. Mercier Evolution of maternal provisioning in echinoid echinoderms M. Byrne, T.A.A. Prowse, I. Falkner & M.A. Sewell Impact of seawater acidification on sea urchin growth A.I. Catarino & P. Dubois Growth and regeneration of structures involved in ophiuroid disc autotomy N.A. Charlina, I.Y. Dolmatov & I.C. Wilkie Evaluation of tagging techniques for Australostichopus (Stichopus) mollis (Hutton, 1872) for potential ranching studies N. Davey, G. Moss, P. James & J. Stenton-Dozey Plasticity of the echinoderm skeleton P. Dubois, C. Moureaux, C. Borremans, J. Hermans, G. Mannaert & L. Andre Impact of CO2-driven ocean acidification on echinoderm early life-history is species-specific and not easy to predict S. Dupont & M. Thorndyke Genotype and phenotype in development of the sea star nervous system: The transition from bilateral to radial symmetry L. Elia, P. Selvakumaraswamy, P. Cisternas, M. Byrne & V. Morris Preliminary analysis on genetic structure of dense populations of Ophiura sarsii on the upper slope around northern Japan T. Fujita & T. Kuramochi Stereom differentiation in spines of Plococidaris verticillata, Heterocentrotus mammillatus and other regular sea urchins N. Grossmann & J.H. Nebelsick Effect of seawater acidification on cidaroid spines V. Guibourt, A.I. Catarino & P. Dubois Proliferation-inducing activity of mesenchyme cells probably contributes to growth of epithelial cells in starfish embryogenesis G. Hamanaka, M. Matsumoto & H. Kaneko The genus Antedon (Crinoidea, Echinodermata): An example of evolution through vicariance L. Hemery, M. Eleaume, N. Ameziane, P. Chevaldonne & A. Dettai Development of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota Y. Hiratsuka & T. Uehara Pattern formation in starfish: Arm stumps, regeneration models, and evolution F.H.C. Hotchkiss Comparison of asteroid and ophiuroid trace fossils in the Jurassic of Germany with resting behaviour of extant asteroids and ophiuroids Y. Ishida, M. Roper & T. Fujita Photoreception in echinoderms: PCR amplification of opsin-like genes in Paracentrotus lividus and Asterias rubens D. Lanterbecq, J. Delroise, P. Flammang & I. Eeckhaut Intracellular pathways involved in oocytes maturation induced by dithiothreitol (DTT) and by a new Maturation Inducing Substance (MIS) in sea cucumbers A. Leonet, M. Jangoux & I. Eeckhaut Sea cucumbers of Australia J.S. Lopez Characterisation of Amphiura filiformis luciferase (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) J. Mallefet, B. Parmentier, X. Mulliez, O. Shimomura & P. Morsomme Nervous control of Amphiura arcystata luminescence (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) J. Mallefet Taxonomic revision of the genus Euapta (Holothuroidea: Synaptidae) A. Martinez-Melo, F. Michonneau, G. Paulay & F.A. Solis-Marin The effects of sunscreen compounds on UV-exposed sea urchin larvae across a latitudinal gradient A. McCarthy & M. Lamare Arm damage and regeneration of Tropiometra afra macrodiscus (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) in Sagami Bay, central Japan R. Mizui & T. Kikuchi Connexions of the larval coeloms in the brachiolaria larva of the sea star Parvulastra exigua (Asteroidea, Asterinidae) V.B. Morris, P. Selvakumaraswamy, M. Byrne & R. Whan Variation in stone canal morphology in the brachiolaria larva of the sea star Parvulastra exigua (Asteroidea, Asterinidae) V.B. Morris, P. Cisternas, M. Byrne & R. Whan Maturation stage and extractive components in the gonads from seven Japanese edible species of sea urchins Y. Murata & T. Unuma Conserved role of ARIS: Acrosome reaction-inducing substance in the echinodermata M. Naruse, H. Sakaya, M. Hoshi & M. Matsumoto Morphology, taphonomy and distribution of Jacksonaster depressum from the Red Sea J.H. Nebelsick, A.A. El-Hamied & A.S. Elattaar The latest fossil record of the genus Linthia (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) from the Pleistocene K. Nemoto & K. Kanazawa Cloning and gene expression analysis of crinoid Otx and Pax6 orthologs A. Omori, T.F. Shibata, Y. Nakajima, D. Kurokawa & K. Akasaka Characterisation and quantification of the intradigestive bacterial microflora in Holothuria scabra (Jaeger, 1833) (Holothuroidea), major macrodeposit feeder of recifal intertidal zones T. Plotieau & I. Eeckhaut A nearly articulated aspidochirote holothurian from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of England M. Reich Unusual holothurians (Echinodermata) from the Late Ordovician of Sweden M. Reich Phenotypic plasticity and the developmental regulatory network in the purple sea urchin D.E. Runcie, D.A. Garfield, C.C. Babbitt, A. Pfefferle, W.J. Nielsen & G.A. Wray Fission, spawning, and metamorphosis occur continuously in the multi-armed sea-star, Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1882) D. Shibata, M. Komatsu & Y. Hirano Glacial persistence of North Atlantic populations of Cucumaria frondosa (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) J. So, S. Uthicke, J-F. Hamel & A. Mercier Echinopluteus vs. Echinopluteus transversus: Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in sea urchin larvae N.A. Soars, T. Prowse & M. Byrne Resistance of pearlfishes to saponins M. Todesco, I. Eeckhaut & E. Parmentier Analysis of expression pattern of Hox cluster genes in feather star Oxycomanthus japonicas T. Tsurugaya, T. Shibata, D. Kurokawa & K. Akasaka Changes in free amino acid composition in the ovary and testis of the sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus T. Unuma & Y. Murata The major yolk protein in the sea urchin is synthesised mainly in the gut inner epithelium and the gonad nutritive phagocytes before and during gametogenesis T. Unuma, K. Yamano & Y. Yokota Genetic barcoding of commercial beche-de-mer species S. Uthicke, M. Byrne & C. Conand Ecological similarities between the associated fauna of Echinometra vanbrunti and E. Lucunter (Echinoidea: Echinometridae) on Colombian Rocky shores V.A. Vallejo & M. Monroy Saponin diversity and body distribution in five tropical species of sea cucumbers from the family Holothuriidae S. Van Dyck, P. Gerbaux & P. Flammang Ophiopsila pantherina beds on relict dunes off the Great Barrier Reef E. Woolsey, M. Byrne, S. Williams, O. Pizarro, K. Thornborough, P. Davies, J. Webster, R. Beaman & T. Bridge In which direction do regular sea urchins walk? K. Yoshimura & T. Motokawa First report of Ulophysema (Crustacea: Ascothoracida) outside northern seas, parasitizing the bathyal Antarctic species Pourtalesia hispida (Echinoidea: Holasteroida) A. Ziegler & M.J. Grygier Interdependence of internal organ systems and evolution of the axial complex in sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) A. Ziegler, C. Faber & T. Bartolomaeus Author index Conferees