Activities of hexokinase, phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase in the body wall, pyloric caeca and tube feet of Asterias vulgaris: Evidence of body wall as a major source of glycolytic activity

A new species of sea cucumber of the subgenus Selenkothuria Deichmann, 1958 is described. Holothuria (Selenkothuria) carere n. sp. was found in the Mexican Pacific, from intertidal to 6 m depth. The absences of ossicles in the body wall, as well as in the dorsal and ventral tube feet make this species unique among the species of this subgenus. Smooth straight rods with distal perforations and projections are present only in the dorsal and anal papillae, papillae at the base of the tentacles and in the tentacles. This species is distinctive within the subgenus. The shape of the ossicles shows some similarities with H. (S.) glaberrima Selenka, 1867.

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Thandarum hernandezi, a new genus and new species of sea cucumber family Sclerodactylidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3304.1.5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3304 (1) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

MARIANO I. MARTINEZ ◽

MARTÍN I. BROGGER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sea Cucumber ◽

Body Wall ◽

New Genus ◽

The Body ◽

Southwestern Atlantic ◽

Double Row ◽

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽

A New Species ◽

Tube Feet

A new genus and a new species of dendrochirotid, Thandarum hernandezi gen. et sp. nov., is described from Buenos Airescoast in the Southwestern Atlantic. For this species is quite significant the body U shape, up to 14.08 mm (along thetrivium), with double row of podia restricted to the ambulacra. Other features are ossicles from body wall with buttonsand 4 pillar tables, tube feet with rods and end plate star-shaped; the introvert with rosettes and tentacles with rods. Thesecharacteristics require the recognition of a new genus, and the new species and represents the first sclerodactylid reported in Argentinean waters.

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Gebrukothuria profundus, a new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocea

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.29 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2096 (1) ◽

pp. 479-483

Author(s):

ANTONINA ROGACHEVA ◽

IAN A. CROSS ◽

DAVID S. M. BILLETT

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Body Wall ◽

New Genus ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Body ◽

Southern Indian Ocean ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

The Family ◽

Calcareous Deposits ◽

Tube Feet

A new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae), collected from around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean, is described. It differs from other members of the family in that the body wall lacks the wheel-shaped calcareous deposits completely. Instead only rods are present. The genus is also distinguished by the combination of other morphological characters lacking in other known genera: absence of circum-oral and ventrolateral papillae together with development of midventral tube feet. All other members of the family Laetmogonidae are known to have wheel-shaped deposits, therefore diagnosis of the family is refined.

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Analysis of carbohydrates in breeding females of the sea star Anasterias minuta Perrier 1875. Metabolic interrelations between different organs and the brooding process

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315416000667 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 97 (6) ◽

pp. 1267-1272

Author(s):

Roberto Carlos Cerda ◽

María Luján Flores ◽

Hector Eliseo Zaixso ◽

Osvaldo León Córdoba

Keyword(s):

Body Wall ◽

The Body ◽

Sea Star ◽

Sea Stars ◽

Oral Region ◽

Pyloric Caeca ◽

Brooding Period ◽

Consumption Rates ◽

Biochemical Components

The sea star Anasterias minuta broods the embryos in the oral region; embryos then block the mouth and prevent the parent from taking up nutrients during the brooding period. Here, we analysed content of carbohydrates in different organs as well as in eggs, embryos and juveniles of A. minuta. We found that these biochemical components are used mainly by the pyloric caeca and the body wall as reserve substances to endure the periods of reduced consumption rates of non-brooding females and males and the long-term starvation of brooding females. The ability to translocate carbohydrates from females to embryos and juveniles observed in other species of sea stars was not confirmed.

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Pentamera fonsecae n. sp. a new species of sea cucumber from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Thyonidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4878 (3) ◽

pp. 581-588

Author(s):

FRANCISCO ALONSO SOLIS-MARIN ◽

JUAN JOSE ALVARADO ◽

CARLOS ANDRES CONEJEROS-VARGAS ◽

ANDREA ALEJANDRA CABALLERO-OCHOA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Sea Cucumber ◽

Body Wall ◽

Pacific Coast ◽

The Body ◽

The Pacific ◽

A New Species ◽

Tube Feet

Pentamera fonsecae n. sp. is described from seven specimens as a new species of Thyonidae from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is distinguished from its congeners by having tables with ladder-shaped spires in the body wall, and tube feet with curved support tables of variable height and tables as those found in the body wall slightly smaller than those from the body wall. This species is distributed in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, from 28.5 to 40 m on muddy bottoms.

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Lymphangiomatosis of the Body Wall: A Report of Two Cases Associated with Chylothorax and Fatal Outcome

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology ◽

10.3109/15513819709168739 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 617-624 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Philippe Moerman ◽

Chris Van Geet ◽

Hugo Devlieger

Keyword(s):

Body Wall ◽

Fatal Outcome ◽

The Body

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of A Gradient of Glycolytic Activity Coordinates FGF and Wnt Signaling during Elongation of the Body Axis in Amniote Embryos.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.727347913.793529641 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Benjamin Feldman

Keyword(s):

Wnt Signaling ◽

The Body ◽

Body Axis ◽

Glycolytic Activity

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A screen for genetic loci required for body-wall muscle development during embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/137.2.483 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 137 (2) ◽

pp. 483-498

Author(s):

J Ahnn ◽

A Fire

Keyword(s):

Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽

Myosin Heavy Chain ◽

Muscle Cell ◽

Heavy Chain ◽

Body Wall ◽

Muscle Development ◽

Contractile Function ◽

The Body ◽

Body Wall Muscle ◽

Genetic Loci

Abstract We have used available chromosomal deficiencies to screen for genetic loci whose zygotic expression is required for formation of body-wall muscle cells during embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. To test for muscle cell differentiation we have assayed for both contractile function and the expression of muscle-specific structural proteins. Monoclonal antibodies directed against two myosin heavy chain isoforms, the products of the unc-54 and myo-3 genes, were used to detect body-wall muscle differentiation. We have screened 77 deficiencies, covering approximately 72% of the genome. Deficiency homozygotes in most cases stain with antibodies to the body-wall muscle myosins and in many cases muscle contractile function is observed. We have identified two regions showing distinct defects in myosin heavy chain gene expression. Embryos homozygous for deficiencies removing the left tip of chromosome V fail to accumulate the myo-3 and unc-54 products, but express antigens characteristic of hypodermal, pharyngeal and neural development. Embryos lacking a large region on chromosome III accumulate the unc-54 product but not the myo-3 product. We conclude that there exist only a small number of loci whose zygotic expression is uniquely required for adoption of a muscle cell fate.

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