Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (한국수산과학회지)

The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science (한국수산과학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Sexual Maturation and Reproduction Cycle of the Bat Star, Asterina pectinifera (Echinodermata: Asteroidae)

별불가사리, Asterina pectinifera의 성 성숙과 생식주기

  • Cho, In-Young (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Sik (Department of Aqualife Medicine, Yosu National University) ;
  • Yoo, Myoung-Suk (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
  • 최인영 (부경대학교 자원생물학과) ;
  • 이정식 (여수대학교 수산생명의학과) ;
  • 유명숙 (부경대학교 자원생물학과)
  • Published : 2006.02.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Sexual maturation and reproductive cycle of the bat star Asterina pectinifera were investigated by histological method. Specimens were collected monthly in Donghwari, Gosunggun, Korea from January 2004 to February 2005. The bat star was dioecious. The gonads are composed of a number of gametogenic follicles. The gonadosomatic index (GSI) of female and male were reached the maximum in July (5.72, 4.54) and the minimum in December (0.89) and January, February (0.51), and the gonad index (GI) of female and male were reached the maximum in July (3.53, 3.91) and the minimum in August (0.95) and October to December (1.0), respectively. The main spawning was from August to September. The reproductive cycle of the bat star could be divided into five stages: in the female, inactive (November-February), early active (January February), late active (March-June), ripe (July), spent and degenerative (August-November) and in the male, inactive (November-February), early active (January-March), late active (April-June), ripe (July), spent and degenerative (August-October), respectively.

Keywords

References

  1. Barker, M.F. and R.A. Xu. 1991. Seasonal changes in biochemical composition of body walls, gonad and pyloric caeca in two population of Sclerasterias mollis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) during the annual reproductive cycle. Mar. Bioi., 109, 27-34 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320228
  2. Boivin, Y., D. Larrivee, J.D. Himmelman. 1986. Reproductive cycle of the subarcitic brooding asteroid Leptasterias polaris. Mar. Bioi., 92, 329-337 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392673
  3. Boolootian, R.A., A. Farmanfarmaian and A.C. Giese, 1962. On the reproductive cycle and breeding habits of two western species of Haliotis. Biol. Bull., 122, 183-193 https://doi.org/10.2307/1539587
  4. Byrne, M. 1992. Reproduction of sympatric populations of Patiriella gunnii, P. calcar, and P. exigua in New South Wales, asterinid seastars with direct development. Mar. BioI., 114, 297-316 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349533
  5. Carvalho, A.L.P.S. and C.R.R. Ventura. 2002. The reproductive cycle of Asterina stellifera (Mobius) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Cabo Frio region, southeastern Brazil. Mar. Biol., 141, 947-954 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0881-y
  6. Christensen, A.M. 1970. Feeding biology of Astropecten. Ophelia, 8, 2-127
  7. Crump, R.G. 1971. Annual reproductive cycles in three geographically separated populations of Patiriella regularis (Verril), a common New Zealand asteriod. J. Exp. Mar. BioI. Ecol., 7, 137-162 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(71)90028-1
  8. Eversole, A.G. 1997. Gametogenesis of Mercenaria mercenaria, M campechiensis and their hybrids. Nautilus, 110, 107-110
  9. Freeman, S.M., C.A. Richadson and R. Seed. 2001. Seasonal abundance, spatial distribution, spawning and growth of Astropecten irregularis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 53, 39-49 https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2000.0758
  10. Fretter, T. 1984. Prosobranchs. In: The Mollusca, Vol. 7. Reproduction, Tompa, A.S., N.H. Verdonk and J.A.M. eds. Van Den Biggelaar, Academic Press, New York, 351-418
  11. Kasyanov, V.L. 2001. Reproduction. In: Reproductive Strategy of Marine Bivalves and Echinoderms. Science Publishers, Inc., Plymouth, 122-155
  12. Lee, Y.R. and J.W. Han. 1994. Ultrastructural changes at the surfaces of oocytes during oogenesis of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera (Muller and Troschel). Kor. J. Zool., 37, 203-212
  13. Masse, E.H. 1975. Ethologie alimentarie de Astropecten aranciacus L. In: Proceedings of the 9th European Marine Biological Symposium, Barnes, H. et al., eds Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen., 343-355
  14. Morin, J.G., J.E. Kastendiek, A. Harrington and N. Davis. 1985. Organization and patterns of interactions in a subtidal community on an exposed coast. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 27, 163-185 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027163
  15. Ramirez-Liodra, E., P.A. Tyler and D.S.M. Billett. 2002. Reproductive biology of porcellanasterid asteroids from three abyssal sites in the northeast Atlantic with contrasting food input. Mar. Biol., 140, 773-788 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0750-0
  16. Scheib ling, R.E. 1981. The annual reproductive cycle of Oreaster reitculatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidae) and interpopulation differences in reproductive capacity. J. Exp. Mar. BioI. Ecol., 54, 39-54 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(81)90101-5

Cited by

  1. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in starfish body and bottom sediments in Mohang Harbor (Taean), South Korea vol.186, pp.7, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3703-z
  2. 별불가사리 추출물의 면역세포 활성화 효과 vol.36, pp.3, 2007, https://doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2007.36.3.269