2006
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517432
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Growth and morphometrics in the New Zealand sea urchinPseudechinus huttoni(Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae)

Abstract: We examined somatic growth in the New Zealand sea urchin, Pseudechinus huttoni. This species normally inhabits the continental shelf, but in the New Zealand fiords can be found at shallower depths. These shallower populations provided an opportunity to quantify growth of these deep water sea urchins using chemical tag recapture techniques. Growth was modelled in three Doubtful Sound populations and varied spatially, with maximum test diameter (TD) and maximum growth rates ranging from 33.8 to 42.7mm TD and 2.9… Show more

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“…A low food condition may signal the sea urchins that reproductive conditions are not optimal and urchins invest in somatic growth. Longevity of the urchins (up to 11 years, Kirby et al 2006) may let them wait for a better nutritional condition and produce larger gonads/eggs to compensate for the decline in reproductive investment. Allocation of greater energy to ovaries and producing larger oocytes under high nutritional status suggest that a better feeding condition of adults may increase the egg quality in terms of energy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A low food condition may signal the sea urchins that reproductive conditions are not optimal and urchins invest in somatic growth. Longevity of the urchins (up to 11 years, Kirby et al 2006) may let them wait for a better nutritional condition and produce larger gonads/eggs to compensate for the decline in reproductive investment. Allocation of greater energy to ovaries and producing larger oocytes under high nutritional status suggest that a better feeding condition of adults may increase the egg quality in terms of energy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pseudechinus huttoni Benham, 1908 is mainly an inhabitant of the continental shelf at depths from 30 to 550 m, but can also be found in New Zealand's southern fjords in depths as shallow as 9 m (Kirby et al 2006). Here we examined how P. huttoni responds to varied low-food conditions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…En el caso de la población de P. magellanicus del canal Beagle, la misma exhibe altas densidades y los desoves son sincrónicos pero extendidos en 4 o 5 meses, más concentrados hacia primavera (Orler 1992 De las especies de Pseudechinus existentes en la actualidad, Kirby et al (2006) examinaron el crecimiento de la especie P. huttoni de las costas sur de Nueva Zelanda, encontrando variabilidad entre poblaciones de diferentes profundidades. No existen antecedentes de estimaciones de crecimiento para P. magellanicus, a pesar de ser la especie de erizo más común y abundante en el extremo sur de Sudamérica (Bernasconi 1953;Brögger et al 2013).…”
Section: Y En El Canalunclassified
“…Pseudechinus huttoni Benham, 1908 inhabits New Zealand's continental shelf in waters deeper than 30 m, and fjordic habitats in depths as shallow as 9 m (Kirby et al 2006). The species typically lives on coarse-grained sediments (McClary & Sewell 2003), but can also be found attached to rocky substrates in fjords.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The genus Pseudechinus has 11 species all restricted to the southern hemisphere (Kirby et al 2006), of which six are endemic to New Zealand waters (McClary & Barker 1998). Pseudechinus huttoni Benham, 1908 inhabits New Zealand's continental shelf in waters deeper than 30 m, and fjordic habitats in depths as shallow as 9 m (Kirby et al 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%