Marine Biology

, Volume 110, Issue 3, pp 359–374 | Cite as

Reproduction of sympatric populations ofHeliocidaris erythrogramma andH. tuberculata (Echinoidea) in New South Wales

  • P. Laegdsgaard
  • M. Byrne
  • D. T. Anderson
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Abstract

Reproduction ofHeliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes) andH. tuberculata (Lamarck) was compared through examination of oogenesis, spermatogenesis and monthly measurement of the gonad index. These species occur sympatrically in the Sydney region. Their reproduction was examined at two sites near Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, from February 1989 through January 1990.H. erythrogramma produces buoyant, 450µm-diam eggs and the sperm have a head region 10µm in length. By contrast,H. tuberculata produces negatively-buoyant, 95µm-diam eggs and the sperm have a head region 4µm in length. Histochemical examination of the gonads revealed that periodic acid Schiff-positive (PAS +) material stored in the nutritive phagocytes appears to support vitellogenesis in both species. InH. tuberculata this material is utilized in the formation of PAS + yolk oligolecithal eggs, whereas inH. erythrogramma the PAS + material appears to be converted to lipid yolk in macrolecithal eggs.H. erythrogramma had a seasonal reproductive pattern with a 3 mo summer spawning period, whereas both populations ofH. tuberculata had a 9 mo breeding period characterized by the continual presence of nutrient reserves and vitellogenic oocytes which rapidly replaced spawned ova. Spawning ceased only for 3 mo over the summer. Due to the 9 mo spawning ofH. tuberculata it is not clear what factors serve to cue reproduction in this species.

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Lipid Periodic Acid Head Region Breeding Period Nutrient Reserve 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. Laegdsgaard
    • 1
  • M. Byrne
    • 1
  • D. T. Anderson
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Biological Sciences, Zoology AO8University of SydneySydneyAustralia

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