A study on the growth of the unstalked crinoid Heliometra glacialis (Owen 1833 ex Leach MS) (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) based on ring-shaped bands formed in the brachials

Cover Page

Cite item

Full Text

Open Access Open Access
Restricted Access Access granted
Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

Abstract

The growth of the unstalked crinoid Heliometra glacialis was studied based on material from the northwestern part of the Barents Sea near the Svalbard Archipelago. The calculation of the crinoid age was performed using ring-shaped markings in the their brachials. The growth rings visible on the surface of the crinoid brachials were considered as annual. The most suitable mathematical model describing the growth of H. glacialis was the Gompertz equation. The averaged limiting radius of the brachials (R∞), according to this equation, was 1694 ± 119 microns, the exponential deceleration constant of the specific growth rate (g) amounted to 0.41 ± 0.04, and the maximum lifespan to 12–18 years.

Full Text

Restricted Access

About the authors

E. A. Stratanenko

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: E.Stratanenko@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034

References

  1. Алимов А. Ф., Казанцева Т. И., 2004. Основные количественные характеристики популяций и связь между ними // Журнал общей биологии. Т. 65. № 1. С. 3–18.
  2. Стратаненко Е. А., 2020. Сравнительный анализ роста и продолжительности жизни офиуры Ophiacantha bidentata Retzius 1805 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) в высоких широтах российской Арктики // Зоологический журнал. Т. 99. № 11. С. 1283–1292.
  3. Agatsuma Y., Nakata A., 2004. Age determination, reproduction and growth of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus in Oshoro Bay, Hokkaido, Japan // Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK. V. 84. P. 401–405.
  4. Blicher M. E., Rysgaard S., Sejr M. K., 2007. Growth and production of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in a high-Arctic fjord, and growth along a climatic gradient (60 to 74ᵒ N) // Marine Ecology Progress Series. V. 341. P. 89–102.
  5. Brey T., Pearse J., Basch L., McClintock J., 1995. Growth and production of Sterechinus neumayeri (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica // Marine Biology. V. 124. P. 279–292.
  6. Dahm C., 1993. Growth, production and ecological significance of Ophiura albida and O. ophiura (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the German Bight // Marine Biology. V. 116. P. 431–437.
  7. Dahm C., 1996. Ökologie und Populations dynamik antarktischer Ophiuroiden (Echinodermata) // Berichte zur Polarforschung. V. 194. P. 1–289.
  8. Dahm C., 1999. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) of Southern Chile and the Antarctic: taxonomy, biomass, diet and growth of dominant species // Scientia Marina. V. 63 (1). P. 427–432.
  9. Dahm C., Brey T., 1998. Determination of growth and age of slow growing brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from natural growth bands // Journal of the Marine Biological Association U. K. V. 78. P. 941–151.
  10. Duco A., Roux M., 1981. Modalités particulières de croissance liées aumilieu abyssal chez les Bathycrinidae (Echinodermes, Crinoïdespédonculés) // Oceanologica Acta. V. 4. P. 389–394.
  11. Gage J. D., 1990. Skeletal growth bands in sea brittle stars: microstructure and significance as age markers // Journal of the Marine Biological Association U. K. V. 70. P. 209–224.
  12. Gage J. D., 1991. Skeletal growth zones as age-markers in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris // Marine Biology 110. P. 217–228.
  13. Gage J. D., 1992. Natural growth bands and growth variability in the sea urchin Echinus esculentus: results from tetracycline tagging // Marine Biology. 114. P. 607–616.
  14. Gage J. D., 2003. Growth and production of Ophiocten gracilis (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) on the Scottish continental slope // Marine Biology. V. 143 (1). P. 85–97.
  15. Gorzula S. J., 1977. A study of growth in the brittle-star Ophiocomina nigra // Western Naturalist. V. 6. P. 13–33.
  16. Jensen M., 1969. Age determination of echinoids // Sarsia. 37. P. 41–44.
  17. Messing C. G., David J., Roux M., Ameziane N., Baumiller T. K., 2007. In situ stalk growth rates in tropical western Atlantic sea lilies (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) // Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. V. 353. P. 211–220.
  18. Oji T., 1989. Growth rate of stalk of Metacrinus rotundus (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) and its functional significance // Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. V. 22(II). P. 39–51.
  19. Pearse J. S., Pearse V. B., 1975. Growth zones in the echinoid skeleton // American Zoologist. V. 15. P. 731– 753.
  20. Pearse J. S., Pearse V. B., Davis K. K., 1986. Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis and growth in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus // Journal of Experemental Zoology. V. 237. P. 107–118.
  21. Robinson S. M.C., McIntyre A.D., 1997. Aging and growth of the green sea urchin // Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada. V. 97. P. 56–60.
  22. Roux M., 1976. Aspects de la variabilite at de la croissance au sein d’une population de la pentacrine actuelle: Annacrinus wyvillethomsoni Jeffreys (Crinoidea) // Thallas. Jugosl. 12. P. 307–320.
  23. Smith A. B., 1990. Biomineralization in echinoderms // Skeletal biomineralization: patterns, processes and evolutionary trends. V. 1. P. 413–442.
  24. Sparre P., Venema S. C., 1998. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment. Part l. Manual // FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. Rev. 2. Rome, FAO № 306.1. 407 p.
  25. Sun J., Hamel J-F, Gianasi B. L., Mercier A., 2019. Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids // Proceedings the royal society B. 286. 20190858
  26. Syverson V. J., Messing C. G., Stanley K., Baumiller T. K., 2015. Growth, injury, and population dynamics in the extant cyrtocrinid Holopus mikihe (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) near Roatan, Honduras // Bulletin of Marine Science. V. 91(1). P. 47–61

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download
2. Fig. 1. Vertebrae of the rays of the ophiuros (A) and the brachial plate of the sea lily (B).

Download (383KB)
Indexing metadata
3. Fig. 2. Research area: 1 – sampling site of Heliometra glacialis (Owen 1833 ex Leach MS).

Download (157KB)
Indexing metadata
4. Fig. 3. Brachial plate of the sea lily Heliometra glacialis (Owen 1833 ex Leach MS): A – general view of the brachial plate (1 – aboral cavity, 2 – middle lateral cavity, 3 – oral lateral cavity); B – structure of the aboral and middle lateral cavity; C – structure of the oral lateral cavity; D – growth lines on the oral lateral cavity and the radius of the brachial plate (R), along which the growth marks were measured.

Download (1MB)
Indexing metadata
5. Fig. 4. Maximum lifespan of Heliometra glacialis (Owen 1833 ex Leach MS), calculated for the studied sample from the Barents Sea based on the minimum value of the second derivative based on the parameters of the Bertalanffy (A) and Gompertz (B) equations: 1 – plotted based on the average values ​​of individual growth parameters, 2 – plotted based on the group growth parameters. The abscissa shows the lifespan in years; the ordinate – the second derivative.

Download (102KB)
Indexing metadata

Copyright (c) 2024 Russian Academy of Sciences