{"product_id":"echinoderms-durham-9780415408196","title":"Echinoderms Durham","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchinodermata have a rich fossil record, play major ecological roles in marine benthic communities from the intertidal to the deep sea, have economic importance in fisheries and aquaculture, show unique biological characteristics and have become important models in biomedical research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference (Durham, New Hampshire, USA, 7-11 August 2006) includes recent advances made in research of echinoderms, and is organized into six sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Paleontology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Systematics and Morphology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Physiology and Nutrition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Development, Molecular and Genetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Fisheries and Aquaculture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ecology and Environmental Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is of interest to academics and students interested in echinoderm biology and palaeontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaleontology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoderm evolution since 1972 and since the cambrian: Tales from a dozen IECs \u003cbr\u003eB. David, B. Lefebvre \u0026amp; R. Mooi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlmost within grasp: Crinoid organs rendered 3-dimensionally \u003cbr\u003eB. Aschauer, T. Heinzeller \u0026amp; P. Weinert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBdellacoma in the Hunsrück Slate (Lower Devonian): Reidentification of Urasterella verruculosa \u003cbr\u003e(Asteroidea, Bdellacomidae) \u003cbr\u003eF.H.C. Hotchkiss \u0026amp; A. Glass\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminary report on new echinoderm Lagerstätten from the Upper Ordovician of the eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco \u003cbr\u003eA.W. Hunter, B. Lefebvre, E. Nardin, P. Van Roy, S. Zamora \u0026amp; S. Régnault\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaleoenvironment of fossil ophiuroids in Plio-Pleistocene Hijikata Formation in Shizuoka Prefecture, Central Japan \u003cbr\u003eY. Ishida, K. Seto, T. Fujita \u0026amp; T. Sakae\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Ordovician mitrates (Echinodermata, Stylophora) from the Ancenis Basin (South Armorican Domain, France): Palaeogeographic and palaeoenvironmental implications \u003cbr\u003eB. Lefebvre, S. Régnault, H. Lardeux, J.P. Kundura \u0026amp; P. Roussel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReappraisal of ambulacral branching patterns in blastozoans \u003cbr\u003eE. Nardin, B. David, B. Lefebvre \u0026amp; R. Mooi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution and diversification of ophiocistioids (Echinodermata: Echinozoa) \u003cbr\u003eM. Reich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe early evolution and diversification of holothurians (Echinozoa) \u003cbr\u003eM. Reich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Swabian Caput Medusae’ (Jurassic Crinoidea, Germany) \u003cbr\u003eM. Reich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyclocystoids (Echinodermata: Echinozoa) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden \u003cbr\u003eM. Reich \u0026amp; M. Kutscher\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpibionts on Late Carboniferous through Early Permian echinoid spines from Texas, USA \u003cbr\u003eC.L. Schneider\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoderm remains in the offerings of the great temple of the Aztecs \u003cbr\u003eF.A. Solís-Marín, A. Laguarda-Figueras, A.M. Melo, E.V.C. Martínez, A.V. Castro, J.A.B. Rivera, E.M. Tísoc, F.V. Gutierrez \u0026amp; N.V. Maldonado\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbstracts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA crinoid – starfish assemblage from the upper Silurian of Gotland \u003cbr\u003eC. Franzen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhylogeny of Lower Palaeozoic asterozoans using skeletal homologies derived from the Extraxial-Axial Theory \u003cbr\u003eA.W. Hunter, B. David \u0026amp; R. Mooi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on mid- and late Cretaceous ophiuroids from Shikoku, Southwest Japan \u003cbr\u003eY. Ishida, J.W.M. Jagt, I. Mizuno, M. Fukutomi \u0026amp; T. Yasui\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood composition of crinoids in relation to stalk length and fan density: Their paleoecological implications \u003cbr\u003eK. Kitazawa, T. Oji \u0026amp; M. Sunamura\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiomarkers in colored crinoids of Indiana (Borden Group, Mississippian) \u003cbr\u003eC.E. O’Malley, W.I. Ausich \u0026amp; Y. Chin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment and functional morphology of sutural pores in and middle cambrian gogiid eocrinoids from Guizhou Province, China \u003cbr\u003eR.L. Parsley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution of echinoids in the Triassic and early Jurassic: Just how biased is the fossil record? \u003cbr\u003eA.B. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA model for elemental homology for the peristome and ambulacra in blastozoan echinoderms \u003cbr\u003eC.D. Sumrall\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew ophiuroids from the Pliensbachian of the French Ardennes: A preliminary report \u003cbr\u003eB. Thuy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Mesozoic historyofthe ophiuroids \u003cbr\u003eL. Villier \u0026amp; J. Millet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSystematics and Morphology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeciation in sea urchins \u003cbr\u003eH.A. Lessios\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsla del Coco (Costa Rica) Echinoderms: State of knowledge \u003cbr\u003eJ.J. Alvarado\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTubes, sacs, cones, pyramids, and proboscises: Toward a homology-based understanding and terminology for plated, erect hindgut structures among the Crinoidea \u003cbr\u003eW.I. Ausich \u0026amp; T.W. Kammer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationship between the preservation of spatangoid spines and water temperature \u003cbr\u003eT. Banno, T. Kamiya \u0026amp; K. Kanazawa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrown-group asteroid phylogeny: An enduring quandary \u003cbr\u003eD.B. Blake\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecies of the complex Amphipholis squamata (Ophiuroidae) from Marseilles \u003cbr\u003eE. Boissin, A. Chenuil \u0026amp; J.-P. Féral\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn two new records of Family Brisingidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Brazilian continental margin \u003cbr\u003eL.S. Campos, R.B. Moura, P.F. Alcântara, R.F. Vasconcelos, M.P. Curbelo-Fernandez, I. Veríssimo \u0026amp; G.H. Cavalcanti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eROV imaging of deep-sea echinoderms from the Brazilian continental margin, Southwest Atlantic \u003cbr\u003eL.S. Campos, R.B. Moura, I. Veríssimo, M.P. Curbelo-Fernandez, G.H. Cavalcanti \u0026amp; A.C.S. Brasil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorphology of the juxtaligamental system in the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii \u003cbr\u003eN.A. Charlina, V.S. Mashanov, I.Yu. Dolmatov \u0026amp; I.C. Wilkie\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eComparing substitution rates in spatangoid sea urchins with putatively different effective sizes, and other echinoderm datasets \u003cbr\u003eA. Chenuil, E. Egea, C. Rocher \u0026amp; J.-P. Féral\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment and evolution of the muscle system in the Echinodermata \u003cbr\u003eI.Yu. Dolmatov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall-scale morphological differentiation in three brooding sea star species with limited dispersal \u003cbr\u003eD.W. Foltz \u0026amp; J.M. Flowers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouthwest Atlantic deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Campos Basin, Brazil \u003cbr\u003eR. Frensel, C.A.M. Barboza, R.B. Moura \u0026amp; L.S. Campos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe digestive system of the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii: Morphology and regeneration \u003cbr\u003eL.T. Frolova \u0026amp; I.Yu. Dolmatov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhylogeography of Pisaster ochraceus Brant, 1835 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) \u003cbr\u003eS.C. Frontana-Uribe, J. de la Rosa-Vélez, L. Enríquez-Paredes \u0026amp; L.B. Ladah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOphiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) collected from the Sagami Sea, Central Japan: A preliminary report \u003cbr\u003eT. Fujita, Y. Ishida \u0026amp; S. Irimura\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrgans of the axial hemal complex in crinoids – structure and occurrence \u003cbr\u003eT. Heinzeller, U. Welsch \u0026amp; N. Améziane\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe establishment of a neotype for Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825) and a new species within the genus Luidia (Asteroidea: Paxillosida: Luidiidae) \u003cbr\u003eT.S. Hopkins \u0026amp; K.E. Knott\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorphological dimensional differences between Encope emarginata (Leske) from the Western Caribbean (Colombia and Panama) and Encope emarginata? From two previously studied sites on the Southwest Atlantic Brazilian coast \u003cbr\u003eB.R. Kuhajda \u0026amp; T.S. Hopkins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScaling of Aristotle’s lantern in sea urchins Lytechinus and Tripneustes \u003cbr\u003eJ.M. Lawrence, C.M. Pomory, J. Sonnenholzner, Y. Hiratsuka \u0026amp; L. Molina\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFine structure of the Polian vesicle in the holothurians Eupentacta fraudatrix and Cucumaria japonica \u003cbr\u003eV.S. Mashanov, I.Yu. Dolmatov \u0026amp; E.S. Zvereva\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevision of genera Cassidulus and Rhyncholampas \u003cbr\u003eA. Martínez-Melo \u0026amp; F.A. Solís-Marín\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure of the arm-spine articulation ridges as a basis for taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (a preliminary report) \u003cbr\u003eA.V. Martynov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour patterns of Pentaster obtusatus, St. Vincent, 1827 (Oreasteridae, Asteroidea, Echinodermata) \u003cbr\u003eH. Moosleitner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Campos Basin, Southwest Atlantic \u003cbr\u003eR.B. Moura, L.S. Campos, M.P. Curbelo-Fernandez \u0026amp; G.H. Cavalcanti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Holothuroidea from the collection of Echinodermata, Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \u003cbr\u003eR.B. Moura, D.S. Rodrigues, A.L.P.S. Carvalho \u0026amp; L.S. Campos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreation on-line illustration keys of polar brittlestars with help WebKey-X system \u003cbr\u003eI.S. Smirnov, A.L. Lobanov, A.G. Kirejtshuk \u0026amp; A.T. Vakhitov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoderm fauna of anchialine caves in Cozumel Island, Mexico \u003cbr\u003eF.A. Solís-Marín, A. Laguarda-Figueras, F.V. Gutierrez, L. Mejía \u0026amp; G. Yáñez\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBridges between radial wedges (septs) in two diadematid spine types \u003cbr\u003eS.R. Stock, F. De Carlo, X. Xiao \u0026amp; T.A. Ebert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA model for elemental homology for the peristome and ambulacra in blastozoan echinoderms \u003cbr\u003eC.D. Sumrall\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual dimorphism in genital papillae of Tripneustes ventricosus \u003cbr\u003eR.L. Turner, M.L. Lyon \u0026amp; D.J. Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the collection of Asteroidea from the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \u003cbr\u003eR.F. Vasconcelos, L.S. Campos, A.L.P.S. Carvalho \u0026amp; R.B. Moura\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorphological variation among seven populations of the sand dollar Encope emarginata (Leske) from the southern to northeastern coast of Brazil \u003cbr\u003eC.R.R. Ventura, E.S. Martins \u0026amp; P.C. Paiva\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlate construction of the spatangoid test \u003cbr\u003eT. Yamaguchi \u0026amp; K. Kanazawa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModeling echinoid skeletal growth: A first principles approach \u003cbr\u003eL.G. Zachos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSea urchin (Echinoidea) anatomy revealed by magnetic resonance imaging and 3D visualization \u003cbr\u003eA. Ziegler, T. Bartolomaeus \u0026amp; S. Mueller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbstracts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoderms from Puerto Rico Island: Inventory from shallow water species \u003cbr\u003eM. Benavides-Serrato \u0026amp; M.A. Lozano\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe relationship between the shape and distribution of dermal ossicles with habitat selection in some species of Holothuroidea \u003cbr\u003eA.D. Brites, V.F. Hadel \u0026amp; C.G. Tiago\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe two Phyllophorus species described by Ancona Lopez (1962): A review \u003cbr\u003eA.D. Brites, M.M. Nomura, V.F. Hadel \u0026amp; C.G. Tiago\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing DNA sequence evolution in spatangoid sea urchins: How to interpret variation of substitution rates and variation intree shape among families? \u003cbr\u003eA. Chenuil, C. Rocher, E. Egea, B. David \u0026amp; J.-P. Féral\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA surprising species diversity in West Coast Henricia (Asteroidea: Spinulosida) \u003cbr\u003eD.J. Eernisse \u0026amp; M.F. Strathmann\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombined mitochondrial and nuclear sequences support the monophyly of forcipulatacean sea stars \u003cbr\u003eD.W. Foltz, M.T. Bolton, S.P. Kelley, B.D. Kelley \u0026amp; A.T. Nguyen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new phylogeny for the neoasteroidea (post Paleozoic asteroids) based on skeletal morphology; Implications for classification of the group \u003cbr\u003eA. Gale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigin of the deep sea asteroid family Pterasteridae: The case of an early Jurassic “missing link” \u003cbr\u003eA. Gale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange of dermal ossicles during growth in some sea cucumbers of the genus Holothuria from the Colombian Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean \u003cbr\u003eE.O. Gomez, G.H.B. Pérez \u0026amp; S. Zea\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA study of the morphology, fine structures, and histochemistry of attachment organs of the brachiolaria larvae of Archaster typicus Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) \u003cbr\u003eH. Hatoyama, N. Murabe, Y. Nakajima \u0026amp; M. Komatsu\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUltrastructure of the cystidean larva of Antedon bifida (Crinoida) \u003cbr\u003eS. Hoffmann \u0026amp; T. Bartolomaeus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhylogeography of Astrotoma agassizii from South American and Antarctic waters using mtDNA \u003cbr\u003eR.B. Hunter \u0026amp; K.M. Halanych\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo morphological forms of a common shallow-water Indo-West Pacific ophiuroid Ophiarachnella gorgonia: Observations on external and internal ossicles \u003cbr\u003eS. Irimura \u0026amp; T. Fujita\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew molecular and developmental data on Xyloplax clarifies echinoderm phylogeny and the evolution of larval types \u003cbr\u003eD.A. Janies, J.R. Voight \u0026amp; M. Daly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSibling sea urchins species in Hawaii: Investigating mechanisms of divergence in the genus Echinothrix \u003cbr\u003eH. Jessop\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulti-gene phylogeny of aspidochirote holothuroids \u003cbr\u003eA.M. Kerr, R.M. Clouse, P.M. O’Loughlin, T.D. O’Hara \u0026amp; D.A. Janies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeep sea echinoderms from the continental slope of British Columbia, Canada \u003cbr\u003eP. Lambert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvidence for cospeciations in the host-symbiont system involving crinoids (Echinodermata) and myzostomids (Myzostomida) \u003cbr\u003eD. Lanterbecq, G. Rouse \u0026amp; I. Eeckhaut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary responses to environmental heterogeneity in Central American echinoid larvae \u003cbr\u003eJ.S. McAlister\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHierarchical construction of motor organs as a mechanism for behavioral flexibility in the starfish Asterina pectinifera \u003cbr\u003eM. Migita\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelimiting species of crinoids: Comparing new mtDNA phylogenies with current species designations and reevaluating overlapping morphological characters \u003cbr\u003eC.L. Owen, C.G. Messing, G. Rouse \u0026amp; M. Shivji\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoderms of the Gulf of Mexico \u003cbr\u003eD.L. Pawson \u0026amp; D.J. Vance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) mapping of plate constituents in Lytechinus variegatus teeth \u003cbr\u003eJ.S. Robach, S.R. Stock \u0026amp; A. Veis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhylogeny of extant crinoidea based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences \u003cbr\u003eG.W. Rouse, L.S. Jermiin \u0026amp; C.G. Messing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEchinoid systematics on the web: An open community project \u003cbr\u003eA.B. Smith \u0026amp; R. Sang\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new record of Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from the Boluchistan coast, Pakistan \u003cbr\u003eQ. Tahera\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatus of our knowledge of the South African holothuroid echinoderms \u003cbr\u003eA.S. Thandar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA global partnership to standardize holothuroid systematics \u003cbr\u003eThe Aspidochirote Working Group\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazilian echinoderm Red List \u003cbr\u003eC.R.R. Ventura, C.G. Tiago \u0026amp; V.F. Hadel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStereom microstructure of the spatangoid test \u003cbr\u003eT. Yamaguchi \u0026amp; K. Kanazawa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe axial complex in Echinoidea – A comparative histological and ultrastructural analysis \u003cbr\u003eA. Ziegler \u0026amp; T. Bartolomaeus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParallel evolution in sea stars? Global phylogeography and evolutionary history of the genus Astropecten \u003cbr\u003eD. Zulliger\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhysiology and Nutrition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproaches to the study of sea urchin nutrition \u003cbr\u003eS.A. Watts, J.M. Lawrence \u0026amp; A.L. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeuropeptide-amidating activity in the radial nerve cord of Asterias rubens \u003cbr\u003eP. Bailly, P. Becker \u0026amp; P. Flammang\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBioluminescence as a functional marker of brachial regeneration in Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Muller, 1776) [Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea] \u003cbr\u003eS. Delval \u0026amp; J. Mallefet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProximal to distal gradient of luminescence in the arm of Amphiura filiformis (Echinodermata-Ophiuroidea) \u003cbr\u003eS. Delval \u0026amp; J. Mallefet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarkers for immunity deficiency in lead-treated holothurians \u003cbr\u003eL.S. Dolmatova \u0026amp; I.Yu. Dolmatov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe digestive system of the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii: Morphology and regeneration \u003cbr\u003eL.T. Frolova \u0026amp; I.Yu. Dolmatov\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffects of dietary phospholipids and cholesterol on growth and organ production in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus \u003cbr\u003eV.K. Gibbs, M.L. Powell, H.S. Hammer, W.T. Jones, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence \u0026amp; J.M. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffect of dietary menhaden oil and soy oil on consumption, somatic growth and gonad production in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus \u003cbr\u003eH.S. Hammer, M.L. Powell, V.K. Gibbs, W.T. Jones, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence, J.M. Lawrence \u0026amp; L.R. D’Abramo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation of the effect of dietary zinc, iron and manganese supplementation on growth and survival of the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus \u003cbr\u003eW.T. Jones, M.L. Powell, V.K. Gibbs, H.S. Hammer, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence \u0026amp; J.M. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffect of dietary calcium, magnesium and phosphorus on growth of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus \u003cbr\u003eM.L. Powell, W.T. Jones, V.K. Gibbs, H.S. Hammer, S.A. Watts, J.M. Lawrence \u0026amp; A.L. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of dietary beta-carotene for somatic growth of juvenile green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) \u003cbr\u003eS.M.C. Robinson, J.D. Castell, C.M. Walbourne \u0026amp; C.M. Pearce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffects of seasonal variation in water and air temperature on the righting response of Leptasterias spp. from the west coast of North America \u003cbr\u003eW.B. Stickle \u0026amp; S.D. Rice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood sources of the coral reef ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina \u003cbr\u003eY. Tamura \u0026amp; M. Tsuchiya\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do brittle stars control their light emission? \u003cbr\u003eC. Vanderlinden, Ph. Gailly \u0026amp; J. 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