Australian Museum Journal Papers from the Echinoderm Conference. 3. The reproduction of some echinoderms from Macquarie Island
- Shortform:
- Simpson, 1982, Aust. Mus. Mem. 16: 39–52
- Author(s):
- Simpson, R. D.
- Year published:
- 1982
- Title:
- Papers from the Echinoderm Conference. 3. The reproduction of some echinoderms from Macquarie Island
- Serial title:
- Australian Museum Memoir
- Volume:
- 16
- Start page:
- 39
- End page:
- 52
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1967.16.1982.357
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1982
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1982
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7305-5743-6
- ISSN:
- 0067-1967
- CODEN:
- AUNMA5
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ECHINODERMATA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 04 February 2009
- Available online:
- 04 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 357
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (107kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2157kb PDF)
Abstract
Three species of starfish, Anasterias directa (Koehler), Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler), and Cycethra macquariensis Koehler, and one species of holothuroid, Pseudopsolus macquariensis (Dendy) were collected over a period of one year from rocky sub-littoral shores at Macquarie Island. Study of preserved collections showed that both Anasterias species and the holothuroid have a brooding mode of reproduction and distinct reproductive cycles. For Cycethra macquariensis no cyclic reproductive pattern was evident. Ovarian condition in Cycethra macquariensis suggested a non-pelagic development; however the mode of this development was not observed. In addition, examination of some specimens of Pseudocnus laevigatus (Verrill), Trachythyone macphersonae Pawson (holothuroids) and Pseudechinus novaezealandiae (Mortensen) (echinoid) showed a brooding habit in Pseudocnus and ovarian conditions that suggested non-pelagic larval development for Trachythyone and pelagic larval development for Pseudechinus.