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Stichopus chloronotus

Brandt, 1835

Greenfish




Rachel Hengst (2011)

              

 

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Bakus, G. J. 1968. Defensive mechanisms and ecology of some tropical holothurians. Marine Biology, 2, 23-32.

 

Bakus, G.J. 1981. Chemical defense mechanisms on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Science, 211, 497-49.

 

Britaev, T.A. and Lyskin, S.A. 2002. Feeding of the symbiotic polychaete Gastrolepidia clavigera (Polynoidae) and its interactions with its hosts. Doklady Biological Sciences, 385, 352-356.

 

Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of shallow water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).

 

Conand, C., Armand, J., Dijoux, N., and Garryer, J. 1998. Fission in a population of Stichopuschloronotus on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean.SPC Beche-de-mar Information Bulletin No. 14, 15-23.

 

Conand, C., Uthicke, S. and Hoareau, T. 2002. Sexual and asexual reproduction of the holothurians Stichopus chloronotus (Echinodermata): a comparison between La Reunion (Indian Ocean) and east Australia (Pacific Ocean). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 41, 235-242.

Dalzell, P. 1990. Beche-de-mer production from three Papua New Guinean atolls between 1982 and 1983. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #1, 6-7.
 

Edgar, G. J. 2008. Australian marine life: plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney: New Holland.

 

Endean, R. 1982. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press.

 
Flammang, P. 1996. Adhesion in echinoderms. In: Jangoux, M., Lawrence, J.M. (eds) Echinoderm studies, vol. 5, AA Balkema, Rotterdam, 1-60.


Flammang, P., Demeuleneare, S., and Jangoux, M. 1994. The role of podial secretions in adhesion in two species of sea stars (Echinodermata). Biological Bulletin, 187, 35-47.


Flammang, P., Michel, A., Van Cauwenberge, A., Alexandre, H., and Jangoux, M. 1998. A study of the temporary adhesion of the podia in the sea star Asterias rubens (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) through their footprints. Journal of Experimental Biology, 201, 2383-2395.


Flammang, P., Santos, R., and Haesaerts, D. 2005. Echinoderms adhesive secretions: from experimental characterization to biotechnological applications. In: Muller, W.E.G., Matranga, V. (eds) Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Subseries Marine Molecular Biotechnology, vol. 39, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, New York, 201-220.

 

Franklin, S.E. 1980. The reproductive biology and some aspects of the population ecology of the holothurians Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt) and Stichopus chloronotus (Brandt). PhD Thesis. University of Sydney.


Fredalina, B.D., Ridzwan, B.H., Zainal Abidin, A.A., Kaswandi, M.A., Zaiton, H., Zali, I., Kittakoop, P. and Mat Jais, A.M. 1999. Fatty acid composition in local sea cucumber, Stichopus chloronotus, for wound healing. General Pharmacology, 33, 337-340.

Friedman, K., Eriksson, H., Tardy, E. and Pakoa, K. 2011. Management of sea cucumber stocks: patterns of vulnerability and recovery of sea cucumber stocks impacted by fishing. Fish and Fisheries, 12, 75-93.
 

Hamilton, R. and Lokani, P. 2011. Severely overfished sea cucumbers in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #31, 12-16.

Harriott, V.J. 1980. The ecology of the holothurian fauna of Heron Island and Moreton Bay. MSc thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane.

 

Heffernan, J.M. and Wainwright, S.A. 1974. Locomotion of the holothurian Euapta lappa and a redefinition of peristalsis. Biological Bulletin, 147, 95-104.

 

Hoareau, T. And Conand, C. 2001. Sexual reproduction of Stichopus chloronotus, a fissiparous sea cucumber, on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #15, 4-12.

Janies, D. 2001. Phylogenetic relationship of extant echinoderm classes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83, 196-215.
 

Jiaxin, C. 2003. Overview of sea cucumber farming and sea ranching practices in China. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #18, 18-23.

Kerr, A.M., Stoffel, E.M. & Yoon, R.L. 1993 Abundance distribution of Holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) on a windward and leeward fringing coral reef, Guam, Mariana Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science, 52, 780-791.

Kinch, J., Purcell, S., Uthicke, S. and Friedman, K. 2008. Papua New Guinea: a hotspot of sea cucumber fisheries in the western Central Pacific. In: Toral-Granda, V., Lovatelli, A., Vasconcellos, M. Sea cucumbers. A global review of fisheries and trade. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 516, Rome, FAO, 57-77.

Kropp, R.K. 1983. Responses of five Holothurian species to attacks by a predatory gastropod, Tonna perdix. Pacific Science, 36, 445-452.

Lokani, P. 1990. Beche-de-mer research and development in Papua New Guinea. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #2, 8-11.

Lokani, P., Polon, P. and Lari, R. 1996. Management of beche-de-mer fisheries in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #8, 7-11.

Matsumura, T. 1974. Collagen fibrils of the sea cucumber, Stichopus japonicas: purification and morphological study. Connective Tissue Research, 2, 117-125.

 

Moriarty, O.J.W. 1982. Feeding of Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus on bacteria, organic carbon and organic nitrogen in sediments of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 33, 255-364.

 

Motokawa, T. 1982. Factors regulating the mechanical properties of Holothurian dermis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 99, 29-41.

 

Mukai, H., Koike, I., Nishihira, M. and Nojima, S. 1989. Oxygen consumption and ammonium excretion of mega-sized benthic invertebrates in a tropical seagrass bed. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 134, 101-115.

 

Parrish, J.D. 1972. A study of predation on tropical holothurians at Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Page 6 in G.J. Bakus ed. Marine studies on the north coast of Jamaica. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 152.

 

Pomeroy, L.R. and Kuenzler, E.J. 1969. Phosphorus turnover by coral reef animals. In: Nelson, D.J., Evans, F. C. (eds) Proceedings of the National Symposium on Radioecology, NTIS, Springfield, VA, 474-482.

 

Rowe, F.W.E. and Gates, J. 1995. Zoological catalogue of Australia. V. 33. Echinodermata. Melbourne: CSIRO Information Service.

Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S., and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate zoology: A functional evolutionary approach. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
 

Thomas, L.A. and Hermans, C.O. 1985. Adhesive interactions between the tube feet of a starfish, Leptasterias hexactis, and substrata. Biological Bulletin, 169, 675-688.


Toral-Granda, V., Lovatelli, A. and Vasconcellos, M. 2008. Overview. In: Toral-Granda, V., Lovatelli, A, Vasconcellos, M. Sea cucumbers. A global review of fisheries and trade. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 516, Rome, FAO, 1-4.


Trott, L.B. 1970. Contributions to the biology of the carapid fishes (Paracanthoptergyii: Gadiformes).University of California Press, 89, 1-60.

 

Trott, L.B. and Trott, E.E. (1972). Pearlfishes (Carapidae: Gadiformes) collected from Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines. Copeia, 1972, 839-843.


Trotter, J.A., Lyons-Levy, G., Thurmond, F.A., and Koob, T.J. 1995. Covalent composition of collagen fibrils from the dermis of the sea cucumber, Cucumaria frondosa, a tissue with mutable mechanical properties. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 112A, 463-478.

 

Uthicke, S. 1994. Distribution patterns and growth of two reef flat holothurians, Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus. In ‘Echinoderms Through Time: Proceeding of the English International Echinoderm Conference, Dijon’. Eds. B. David, A. Guille, J.P. Feral and M. Roux pp. 569-576. AA Balkema: Rotterdam.

 

Uthicke, S. 1997. Seasonality of asexual reproduction in Holothuria (Halodeima) atra, H. (H.) edulis and Stichopus chloronotus (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 129, 435-441.

 

Uthicke, S. 1999. Sediment bioturbation and impact feeding activity of Holothuria (Halodeima) atra and Stichopus chloronotus, two sediment feeding holothurians, at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Bulletin of Marine Science, 64, 129-141.

 

Uthicke, S. 2001a. Influence of asexual reproduction on the structure and dynamics of Holothuria (Halodeima) atra and Stichopus chloronotus populations of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52, 205-215.

 

Uthicke, S. 2001b. Interactions between sediment-feeders and microalgae on coral reefs: grazing losses versus production enhancement. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 210, 125-138.

 

Uthicke, S., Benzie, J.A.H., and Ballment, E. 1999. Population genetics of the fissiparous holothurian Stichopus chloronotus (Aspidochirotida) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 18, 123-132.

 

Uthicke, S. and Karez, R. 1999. Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida) analysed with multiple choice experiments. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology, 236, 69-87.

 

Uthicke, S. and Klumpp, D.W. 1997. Ammonium excretion by holothurians enhances production and turnover in benthic diatom communities. In: Lessios, H.A., Macintyre, I.G. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 873-876.

Villasin, J. and Pomory, C.M. 2000. Antibacterial activity of extracts from the body wall of Parastichopus parvimensis (Echinodermata:  Holothuroidea). Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 10, 465-467.

Waite, J.H. 1987. Nature's underwater adhesive specialists. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 7, 9-14.


Wilkie, I.C. 1988. Design for disaster: the ophiuroid intervertebral ligament as a typical mutable collagenous structure. In: Burke, R.D., Mladenov, P.V., Lambert, P., Parsley, R.L. (eds) Echinoderm Biology, AA Balkema, Rotterdam, 25-38.


Wilkie, E.C. 2002. Is muscle involved in the mechanical adaptability of echinoderm mutable collagenous tissue? Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 159-165.


Wilkie, I.C. 2005. Mutable collagenous tissue: overview and biotechnological perspective. In: Muller, W.E.G., Matranga, V. (eds) Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Subseries Marine Molecular Biotechnology, vol. 39, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, New York, 221-250.


Wilkie, I.C., Candia Carnevali, M.D., and Bonasoro, F. 1992. The compass depressors of Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) (Echinodermata, Echinoida): ultrastructural and mechanical aspects of their variable tensility and contractility. Zoomorphology, 112, 143-153.


Yamanouchi, T. 1955. On the poisonous substance contained in holothurians. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 4, 183-203.

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