Conservation of aspidochirotid holothurians in the littoral waters of Kenya [PDF]
Aspidochirotid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) are heavily fished in the littoral waters of Kenya, and stocks have plummeted. In order to conserve and manage these natural resources, appropriate conservation and management plans must to be ...
Samyn, Y.
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Ossicle variation in Antarctic dendrochirote holothurians (Echinodermata) [PDF]
A study of ossicle variation in Cucumariidae coming from the Weddell Sea (antarctica), the specimens ranging from 4 to 70 mm long, confirms that Heterocucumis steineni (Ludwig, 1898), Heterocucumis antarctica (Vaney, 1906) and Heterocucumis godfroyi ...
Massin, C.
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IntroductioSea cucumbers are increasingly demanded as seafood in different cultures around the world. Holothurians could be potentially exploited in southern Bay of Biscay (Iberian Cantabrian coast) where they are not fished yet.
Daniel Menéndez +5 more
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Two new holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from an anchialine lagoon of an uplifted atoll, Kakaban island, east Kalimantan, Indonesia [PDF]
Two new species of holothurians, Holothuria (Lessonothuria) cavans (Holothuriidae) and Synaptula spinifera (Synaptidae) are described from an anchialine lagoon on the raised atoll island of Kakaban, East Kalimantan ...
Massin, C., Tomascik, T.
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Trace fossil Artichnus pholeoides igen. nov. isp. nov. in Eocene turbidites, Polish Carpathians : possible ascription to holothurians [PDF]
A hitherto unknown trace fossil was found in some abundance in turbidites of the Polish Outer Carpathians. The occurrence is within the Hieroglyphic Beds of the Silesian Nappe, within the Szczyrzyc Synclinorium, of Middle Eocene age.
Bromley, Richard G. +3 more
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Systematics, biology, ecology And zoogeography of holothurians: Studies on regeneration in the holothurian Holothuria (metriatyla) scabra Jaeger [PDF]
The histological studies made on regeneration oiHolothuria (Metriatyla) scabra revealed that the alimentary canal regenerates as a thickening from the original mesentery through mitotic proliferation.
Mary Bai, M
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Bibliography of the Echinoderms of the Indian Ocean [PDF]
Echinoderms from the point of view of their taxonomy and evolution form one of the most interesting groups of marine animals. Except for the R.I.M.S.
James, D B, Lal Mohan, R S
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Cruise Report prepared by INFOMAR and the Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [PDF]
A requirement exists to quantify the abundance and distribution of offshore biogenic and geogenic reef habitats in Irish waters to fulfil Ireland’s legal mandate and to generate baseline data from which appropriate monitoring systems can be established ...
Guinan, J. +3 more
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Background Echinoderms and chordates belong to the same monophyletic taxon, the Deuterostomia. In spite of significant differences in body plan organization, the two phyla may share more common traits than was thought previously.
Grondona Jesus M +7 more
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A study of tagging methods for the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa in the waters off Maine [PDF]
The sea cucumber fishery in waters off Maine is developing and has recently experienced great increases in landings, corresponding to expanding export markets. Between 1994 and 1996, reported landings ranged from one to three million pounds (Fig. 1).
Chen, Yong +2 more
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