Echinoderms: Durham: Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, 7-11 August 2006, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

 Content: Echinoderms today / C. Messing --
 Austin Hobart Clark (1880-1954) : his echinoderm research and contacts with his colleagues / D.L. Pawson and D.J. Vance --
 Echinoderm evolution since 1972 and since the Cambrian : tales from a dozen IECs / B. David, B. Lefebvre & R. Mooi --
 Almost within grasp : crinoid organs rendered 3-dimensionally / B. Aschauer, T. Heinzeller & P. Weinert --
 Bdellacoma in the Hunsrück slate (Lower Devonian) : reidentification of Urasterella verruculosa (Asteroidea, Bdellacomidae) / F.H.C. Hotchkiss &A. Glass --
 Preliminary report on new echinoderm Lagerstätten from the Upper Ordovician of the eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco / A.W. Hunter ... [et al.] --
 Paleoenvironment of fossil ophiuroids in Plio-Pleistocene Hijikata Formation in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan / Y. Ishida ... [et al.] --
 New Ordovician mitrates (Echinodermata, Stylophora) from the Ancenis Basin (South Armorican Domain, France) : palaeogeographic and palaeoenvironmental implications / B. Lefebvre ... [et al.] --
 Reappraisal of ambulacral branching patterns in blastozoans / E. Nardin ... [et al.] --
 Evolution and diversification of ophiocistioids (Echinodermata: Echinozoa) / M. Reich --
 The early evolution and diversification of holothurians (Echinozoa) / M. Reich --
 The 'Swabian Caput Medusae' (Jurassic Crinoidea, Germany) / M. Reich --
 Cyclocystoids (Echinodermata: Echinozoa) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden / M. Reich & M. Kutscher --
 Epibionts on late Carboniferous through early Permian echinoid spines from Texas, USA / C.L. Schneider --
 Echinoderm remains in the offerings of the great temple of the Aztecs / F.A. Solís-Marín ... [et al.] --
 Abstracts by C. Franzen ... [et al.] --
 Speciation in sea urchins / H.A. Lessios --
 Isla del Coco (Costa Rica) echinoderms : state of knowledge / J.J. Alvarado --
 Tubes, sacs, cones, pyramids, and proboscises : toward a homology-based understanding and terminology for plated, erect hindgut structures among the Crinoidea / W.I. Ausich & T.W. Kammer --
 Relationship between the preservation of spatangoid spines and water temperature / T. Banno, T. Kamiya & K. Kanazawa --
 Crown-group asteroid phylogeny : an enduring quandary / D.B. Blake --
 Species of the complex Amphipholis squamata (Ophiuroidae) from Marseilles / E. Boissin, A. Chenuil & J.-P. Féral --
 On two new records of family Brisingidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Brazilian continental margin / L.S. Campos ... [et al.] --
 ROV imaging of deep-sea echinoderms from the Brazilian continental margin, southwest Atlantic / L.S. Campos ... [et al.] --
 Morphology of the juxtaligamental system in the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii / N.A. Charlina ... [et al.] --
 Comparing substitution rates in spatangoid sea urchins with putatively different effective sizes, and other echinoderm datasets / A. Chenuil ... [et al.] --
 Development and evolution of the muscle system in the Echinodermata / I. Yu. Dolmatov --
 Small-scale morphological differentiation in three brooding sea star species with limited dispersal / D.W. Foltz & J.M. Flowers --
 Southwest Atlantic deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Campos Basin, Brazil / R. Frensel ... [et al.] --
 The digestive system of the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii : morphology and regeneration / L.T. Frolova & I. Yu. Dolmatov --
 Phylogeography of Pisaster ochrnceus Brant, 1835 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) / S.C. Frontana-Uribe ... [et al.] --
 Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) collected from the Sagami Sea, central Japan : a preliminary report / T. Fujita, Y. Ishida & S. Irimura --
 Organs of the axial hemal complex in crinoids - structure and occurrence / T. Heinzeller, U. Welsch & N. Améziane --
 The establishment of a neotype for Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825) and a new species within the genus Luidia (Asteroidea: Paxillosida: Luidiidae) / T.S. Hopkins & K.E. Knott --
 Morphological 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 / B.R. Kuhajda & T.S. Hopkins --
 Scaling of Aristotle's lantern in sea urchins Lytechinus and Tripneustes / J.M. Lawrence ... [et al.] --
 Fine structure of the polian vesicle in the holothurians Eupentacta fraudatrix and Cucumaria japonica / V.S. Mashanov, I. Yu. Dolmatov & E.S. Zvereva --
 Revision of genera Cassidulus and Rhyncholampas / A. Martínez-Melo & F.A. Solís-Marín --
 Structure of the arm-spine articulation ridges as a basis for taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (a preliminary report) / A.V. Martynov --
 Colour patterns of Pentaster obtusatus, St. Vincent, 1827 (Oreasteridae, Asteroidea, Echinodermata) / H. Moosleitner --
 Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Campos Basin, southwest Atlantic / R.B. Moura ... [et al.] --
 On the Holothuroidea from the collection of Echinodermata, Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / R.B. Moura ... [et al.] --
 Creation on-line illustration keys of polar brittlestars with help WebKey-X system / I.S. Smirnov ... [et al.] --
 Echinoderm fauna of anchialine caves in Cozumel Island, Mexico / F.A. Solís-Marín ... [et al.] --
 Bridges between radial wedges (septs) in two diadematid spine types / S.R. Stock ... [et al.] --
 A model for elemental homology for the peristome and ambulacra in blastozoan echinoderms / C.D. Sumrall --
 Sexual dimorphism in genital papillae of Tripneustes ventricosus / R.L. Turner, M.L. Lyon & D.J. Carroll --
 On the collection of Asteroidea from the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / R.F. Vasconcelos ... [et al.] --
 Morphological variation among seven populations of the sand dollar Encope emarginata (Leske) from the southern to northeastern coast of Brazil / C.R.R. Ventura, E.S. Martins & P.C. Paiva --
 Plate construction of the spatangoid test / T. Yamaguchi & K. Kanazawa --
 Modeling echinoid skeletal growth : a first principles approach / L.G. Zachos --
 Sea urchin (Echinoidea) anatomy revealed by magnetic resonance imaging and 3D visualization / A. Ziegler, T. Bartolomaeus & S. Mueller --
 Abstracts by M. Benavides-Serrato & M.A. Lozano ... [et al.] --
 Approaches to the study of sea urchin nutrition / S.A. Watts, J.M. Lawrence & A.L. Lawrence --
 Neuropeptide-amidating activity in the radial nerve cord of Asterias rubens / P. Bailly, P. Becker & P. Flammang --
 Bioluminescence as a functional marker of brachial regeneration in Amphiura filiformis (O.F Muller, 1776) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) / S. Delval & J. Mallefet --
 Proximal to distal gradient of luminescence in the arm of Amphiura filiformis (Echinodermata-Ophiuroidea) / S. Delval & J. Mallefet --
 Markers for immunity deficiency in lead-treated holothurians / L.S. Dolmatova & I. Yu. Dolmatov --
 The digestive system of the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii : morphology and regeneration / L.T. Frolova & I. Yu. Dolmatov --
 Effects of dietary phospholipids and cholesterol on growth and organ production in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus / V.K. Gibbs ... [et al.] --
 Effect of dietary menhaden oil and soy oil on consumption, somatic growth and gonad production in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus / H.S. Hammer ... [et al.] --
 Evaluation of the effect of dietary zinc, iron and manganese supplementation on growth and survival of the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus / W.T Jones ... [et al.] --
 Effect of dietary calcium, magnesium and phosphorus on growth of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus / M.L. Powell ... [et al.] --
 The importance of dietary beta-carotene for somatic growth of juvenile green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) / S.M.C. Robinson ... [et al.] --
 Effects of seasonal variation in water and air temperature on the righting response of Leptasterias spp. from the west coast of North America / W.B. Stickle & S.D. Rice --
 Food sources of the coral reef ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina / Y. Tamura & M. Tsuchiya --
 How do brittle stars control their light emission? / C. Vanderlinden, Ph. Gailly & J. Mallefet --
 Abstracts by C. Ansell & S. Stancyk ... [et al.] --
 The role of the major yolk protein in sea urchin reproduction and its relevance to aquaculture / T. Unuma & C.W. Walker --
 Comparison of the reproductive features of two asteroid species: Henricia abyssicola and Styracaster elongatus from the bathyal and abyssal N.E. Atlantic Ocean / F. Benítez-Villalobos, J.P. Díaz-Martínez & P.A. Tyler --
 The effect of temperature on early embryonic development in Lytechinus variegatus embryos from adults with different thermal histories / A.W. Cunningham & S.A. Watts --
 Studies on function of the MC5 molecule that is a novel membrane-type metalloproteinase of astacin family during morphogenesis of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera / G. Hamanaka ... [et al.] --
 Competent larva in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera shifts from larval growth to juvenile formation by using environmental cue(s) / N. Murabe, H. Kaneko & Y. Nakajima --
 Sexual reproduction of the small fissiparous seastar Aquilonastra conandae (Asteroidea: Asterinidae) in La Réunion Island / S. Ooka ... [et al.] --
 Genetic contribution of sexual and asexual reproduction to the recruitment of a sexually unbalanced population of Coscinasterias tenuispina (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / C.E.M. Pazoto, C.R.R. Ventura & E.P. Silva --
 Development of the fissiparous and multiarmed seastar, Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson) / D. Shibata ... [et al.] --
 Reproductive cycle of Holothuria (Selenkothuria) lubrica Selenka, 1867 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Bahía de La Paz, México / J.S. López ... [et al.] --
 Sexual dimorphism in genital papillae of Tripneustes ventricosus / R.L. Turner, M.L. Lyon & D.J. Carroll --
 Abstracts by J.D. Allen & R.D. Podolsky ... [et al.] --
 Molecular markers of oocyte and primordial germ cell development in the sea urchin / G.M. Wessel ... [et al.] --
 Site-directed mutagenesis study of starfish phospholipase A₂ / T. Abe, H. Kishimura & H. Saeki --
 Polar-group specificity of G54K mutant of the starfish phospholipase A₂ / H. Kishimura, R. Sawada & H. Saeki --
 Application of proteomics to the study of gonad development in sea urchins / M.A. Sewell & S.D.H. Bishop --
 Isolation of an autonomy-promoting factor from a Japanese sea star Asterias amurensis / K. Ukai, T. Nakazawa & M. Namikoshi --
 Abstracts by R.A. Cameron & E.H. Davidson ... [et al.] --
 The history of the Chilean urchin fishery : chronicle of an announced death? / W.B. Stotz --
 Protozoan disease in larval culture of the edible sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus / P. Becker ... [et al.] --
 The sea cucumber resources and fisheries management in the western Indian Ocean : current status and preliminary results from a WIOMSA regional research project / C. Conand & N. Muthiga --
 Abstracts by P. Becker, D. Gillian & I. Eeckhaut ... [et al.] --
 Bioactive compounds from echinoderms : ecological and evolutionary perspectives / M. Slattery --
 Pollution induced mass-deformities in Tripneustes : biomechanical aspects / J. Dafni --
 Dynamics of Holothuria atra at Enewetak Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, based on tetracycline tagging / T.A. Ebert --
 Community structure of conspicuous echinoderms of three islands from the Gulf of California, México / M.D. Herrero Pérezrul, S. Rojero León & H. Reyes Bonilla --
 Dense beds of Ophiura sarsii limited by food supply in the Sea of Japan / Y. Kogure --
 Population dynamics disparities of the common brittle-star Ophiothrix fragilis between three localities of the English Channel / D. Muths, D. Jollivet & D. Davoult --
 Long-term population changes in sea stars at three contrasting sites / J.S. Pearse ... [et al.] --
 Symbiotic relation between Antarctic ophiuroids of genus Ophiacantha / I.S. Smirnov --
 Sediment utilization and feeding-niche breadth of Meoma ventricosa grandis Lamarck, 1816 (Echinodermata: Brissidae) at Boca Chica channel, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico / M.A. Torres-Martínez & F.A. Solís-Marín --
 Abstracts by M.F. Barker & M.P. Russell ... [et al.].