Journal article
Irregular recruitment of the echinoid Echinocyamus pusillus and its implications for biological traits analysis
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, pp.1-5
2020
Abstract
Size-frequency analysis of the echinoid Echinocyamus pusillus from six offshore areas in the southern North Sea and eastern English Channel reveal five distinct cohorts, suggesting a lifespan of five years. In all six individual areas one or more year-groups are absent, due to the unsuccessful recruitment of planktonic larvae to the seabed in some years, giving a false impression of a shorter lifespan. A relatively long lifespan and planktotrophic larval development are remarkable for such a small species, which reaches a maximum test length of 7.3 mm in the area, such traits being more typical of large-sized macrobenthic species. The feeding mode is akin to that of many meiobenthic taxa. The architecture of the test confers exceptional strength and resilience to mechanical perturbation.
Details
- Title
- Irregular recruitment of the echinoid Echinocyamus pusillus and its implications for biological traits analysis
- Authors/Creators
- R.M. Warwick (Author/Creator) - Plymouth Marine LaboratoryB. Pearce (Author/Creator) - Pelagica Limited
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, pp.1-5
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005541937107891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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