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THE ECHINODERM NEWSLETTER Number 25. 2000 Editor: Cynthia Ahearn smithsonian ~stitution National Museum of Natural History Room W-318, Mail Stop 163 Washington D.C. 20560-0163 U.S.A. **** E-MAJ:L **** ahearn. cynthia@nmnh. si •edu **** Distributed by: David Pawson smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Room W-323, Mail Stop 163 Washington D.C. 20560-0163 U.S.A. The newsletter contains info:rmation concerning meetings and conferences, publications of interest to echinoderm biologists, titles of theses on echinoderms, and research interests, and addresses of echinoderm biologists. Individuals who desire to receive the newsletter should send their name, address and research interests to the editor. The newsletter is not intended to be a part of the scientific literatUre and should not be cited, abstracted, or reprinted as a published document. Sladen 1889 http://www.DmDh.si.edu/iz/echinoder.m •.. TABLE OF CONTENTS Echinoderm Specialists Addresses; (p-); Fax (f-); e-mail numbers 4 Current Research 47 Echinoderm Specialists 'Keyword' List 77 Echinoderm Web Pages 86 Theses and Dissertations 91 Announcements Echinoderm-L (Echinoderm mailing list) 96 J. Douglas McKenzie (Integrin Advanced Biosystems Ltd) 97 Phylum Echinodermata is now on the Tree of Life 97 New mailing list on BIODIVERSITY is born 98 George Washington University Post-Doctoral position 98 Book Mailing Announcement from Peter Jell 99 Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) Research Project 99 Conference Announcements 4th North American Echinoderm Conference 101 6th European Conference on Echinoderms 103 Advanced Workshop in Honour of Eizo Nakano, Sea Urchin Aquacul ture 103 5th Congress on Marine Sciences (Marcuba '2000) 106 Information Requests 108 Ailsa's Section Echinoderms in Literature 110 How I Began Studying Echinoderms Part 10 Elisa Maldonado 112 Alexandr Yevdokimov ~ 113 Jacob Dafni 113 2 » On the Preservation of Buttlestars by Carla J. Bundrick 115 Smithsonian Institution Research Training Intern Program My Summer Working with Dave Pawson 117 Book Announcements 119 "The starfish lady", Maureen Elizabeth Downey, 1921-2000 120 Papers Presented at Meetings (by conference) lOth International Echinoderm Conference 123 9th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Galway, Ireland 132 Meeting of the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology 133 The Workshop on the Co-ordination of Green Sea Urchin Research in Atlantic Canada 134 Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan 135 XV Zoology National Congress 138 XII Oceanographic National Congress 139 IV Journeis of Sciences of the Sea 140 Advanced Workshop in Honour of Eizo Nakano, Sea Urchin Aquaculture 140 Papers Presented at Meetings (by country or region) Canada. .............................................................142 Europe. .............................................................143 Rus sia. .............................................................145 Japan 146 South America, Caribbean and Mexico 146 India and Mid-East 147 New Zealand 147 Uni ted States 147 Recent Publications and Papers in Press 1S2 3 *** ECHINODERM SPECIALISTS AND NEWSLETTER RECIPIENTS *** CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLOGIA MARINA ADDISON, JASON A. 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    Muñoz and Londoño-Cruz Marine Biodiversity Records (2016) 9:67 DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0022-9 RECORD Open Access First record of the irregular sea urchin Lovenia cordiformis (Echinodermata: Spatangoida: Loveniidae) in Colombia C. G. Muñoz1* and E. Londoño-Cruz1,2 Abstract Background: A first record of occurrence of the irregular sea urchin Lovenia cordiformis in the Colombian Pacific is herein reported. Results: We collected one specimen of Lovenia cordiformis at Gorgona Island (Colombia) in a shallow sandy bottom next to a coral reef. Basic morphological data and images of the collected specimen are presented. The specimen now lies at the Echinoderm Collection of the Marine Biology Section at Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia; Tag Code UNIVALLE: CRBMeq-UV: 2014–001). Conclusions: This report fills a gap in and completes the distribution of the species along the entire coast of the Panamic Province in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, updating the echinoderm richness for Colombia to 384 species. Keywords: Lovenia cordiformis, Loveniidae, Sea porcupine, Heart urchin, Gorgona Island Background continental shelf of the Pacific coast of Colombia, filling Heart shape-bodied sea urchins also known as sea por- in a gap of its coastal distribution in the Tropical Eastern cupines (family Loveniidae), are irregular echinoids char- Pacific (TEP). acterized by its secondary bilateral symmetry. Unlike most sea urchins, features of the Loveniidae provide dif- Materials and methods ferent anterior-posterior ends, with mouth and anus lo- One Lovenia cordiformis specimen was collected on cated ventrally and distally on an oval-shaped horizontal October 19, 2012 by snorkeling during low tide at ap- plane.
  • The Ophiocoma Species (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) of South Africa

    The Ophiocoma Species (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) of South Africa

    Western Indian Ocean J Mar. Sci. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 137-154, 2012 © 2012 WIOMSA 243808 The Ophiocoma species (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) of South Africa Jennifer M. Olbers1 and Yves Samyn2 1Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; 2Belgian Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium. Keywords: Ophiocoma, neotype, taxonomy, Ophiuroidea, Indo-West Pacific, Western Indian Ocean, KwaZulu-Natal. Abstract-This study raises the number of Ophiocoma species recorded in South Africa from four to eight. All species are briefly discussed in terms of taxonomy, geographic distribution and ecology. In addition, the juvenile of 0. brevipes, found on the underside of adult Ophiocoma brevipes specimens, is described in detail. A neotype is designated for 0. scolopendrina. INTRODUCTION The Indo-Pacific distribution of The circumtropical family Ophiocomidae Ophiocoma has been dealt with by several holds some of the more dominant and authors (e.g. Clark & Rowe 1971; Cherbonnier conspicuous ophiuroid species present on & Guille 1978; Rowe & Gates 1995). Clark coral and rocky reefs. The family is rich, with and Rowe (1971) listed 11 species from the eight genera, two of which were relatively Indo-West Pacific (including the Red Sea recently reviewed by Devaney (1968; 1970; and the Persian Gulf). Since then, a few new 1978). One of these, Ophiocoma Agassiz, species have been added (Rowe & Pawson 1836, is well represented in the tropical to 1977; Bussarawit & Rowe 1985; Soliman subtropical waters of KwaZulu-Natal in 1991; Benavides-Serrato & O'Hara 2008), South Africa and its constituent species are bringing the total number of valid species in 1 documented here.
  • UNIVERSITY of SOUTHAMPTON Systematics and Phylogeny of The

    UNIVERSITY of SOUTHAMPTON Systematics and Phylogeny of The

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Systematics and Phylogeny of the Holothurian Family Synallactidae Francisco Alonso Solís Marín Doctor of Philosophy SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE July 2003 Graduate School of the Southampton Oceanography Centre This PhD dissertation by: Francisco Alonso Solís Marín Has been produced under the supervision of the following persons: Supervisors: Prof. Paul A. Tyler Dr. David Billett Dr. Alex D. Rogers Chair of Advisory Panel: Dr. Martin Sheader “I think the Almighty put synallactids on this earth as some sort of punishment.” Dave Pawson DECLARATION This thesis is the result of work completed wholly while registered as a postgraduate in the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ABSTRACT FACULTY OF SCIENCE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE Doctor of Philosophy Systematics and Phylogeny of the Holothurian Family Synallactidae By Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín The sea cucumbers of the family Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) are mostly restricted to the deep sea. They comprise of approximately 131 species, about one-third of all known deep-sea holothurian species. Many species are morphologically similar, making their identification and classification difficult. The aim of this study is to present the phylogeny of the family Synallactidae based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA (16S), cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes and morphological taxonomy characters. In order to examine type specimens, corroborate distributional data and collect muscles tissues for the DNA analyses, 7 institutions that hold holothurian specimens were visited. For each synallactid species, selected synonymy, primary diagnosis, location of type material, type locality, distributional data (geographical and bathymetrical) and extra biological information were extracted from the primary references.
  • The Panamic Biota: Some Observations Prior to a Sea-Level Canal

    The Panamic Biota: Some Observations Prior to a Sea-Level Canal

    Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington No. 2 THE PANAMIC BIOTA: SOME OBSERVATIONS PRIOR TO A SEA-LEVEL CANAL A Symposium Sponsored by The Biological Society of Washington The Conservation Foundation The National Museum of Natural History The Smithsonian Institution MEREDITH L. JONES, Editor September 28, 1972 CONTENTS Foreword The Editor - - - - - - - - - - Introduction Meredith L. Jones ____________ vi A Tribute to Waldo Lasalle Schmitt George A. Llano 1 Background for a New, Sea-Level, Panama Canal David Challinor - - - - - - - - - - - Observations on the Ecology of the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts of Panama - - - - Peter W. Glynn _ 13 Physical Characteristics of the Proposed Sea-Level Isthmian Canal John P. Sheffey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Exchange of Water through the Proposed Sea-Level Canal at Panama Donald R. F. Harleman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Biological Results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 93. Comments Concerning the University of Miami's Marine Biological Survey Related to the Panamanian Sea-Level Canal Gilbert L. Voss - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Museums as Environmental Data Banks: Curatorial Problems Posed by an Extensive Biological Survey Richard S. Cowan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 A Review of the Marine Plants of Panama Sylvia A. Earle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Ecology and Species Diversity of