Effects of Sediment and Depth on Species Composition of Starfishes (Asteroidea) in Wakasa Bay, Japan Sea

TAKEO KURIHARA

doi:10.5179/benthos1990.1996.50_1

TAKEO KURIHARA

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1996 Volume 1996 Issue 50 Pages 1-10

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Published: February 15, 1996 Received: July 04, 1994 Available on J-STAGE: August 07, 2009 Accepted: October 12, 1995 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: August 07, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : ALTON, M. S., 1966. Bathymetric distribution of sea stars (Asteroidea) off the Northern Oregon Coast. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 23 (11) :1673-1714.
BARRET, M., 1857. List of the Echinodermata dredged between Drontheim and the North Cape. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 2 (20) :44-45.
BIANCHI, G., 1992. Study of the demersal assemblages of the continental shelf and upper slope off Congo and Gabon, based on the trawl surveys of the RV ' Dr Fridtjof Nansen'. Mar. Ecol. Frog. Ser., 85:9-23.
CLARK, A. H., 1920. Report of Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, 8:3-13.
DöDERLEIN, L., 1902. Japanische Seesterne. Zool. Anz., 25:326-335.
FISHER, W. K., 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 76 (1), 419pp.,122pls.
FISHER, W. K., 1919. Starfishes of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 100 (3), 712pp., 156 pls
FISHER, W. K., 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3. Forcipulata (concluded). Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 76 (3), 356pp., 93pls.
FRANZ, D. R., E. K. WORLEY and A. S. MERRILL, 1981. Distribution patterns of common seastars of the middle Atlantic continental shelf of the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras). Biol. Bull., 160:394-418.
GAGE, J. D., M. PEARSON, D. S. M. BILLETT, A. M. CLARK, M. JENSEN, G. L. J. PATERSON and P. A. TYLER, 1984. Echinoderm zonation in the Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic). Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway :31-36.
GRIEG, J. A., 1896. Om echinodermfaunaen de vestlandske fjorde. Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1894-95,12:13pp.
GRIEG, J. A., 1906. Echinodermen von dem norwegishen Fishereidampfer Michael Sars in den Jahrem 1900-1903 gesammelt. III . Asteroidea. Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1905,13:87pp., 2pls.
HAEDRICH, R. L., G. T. ROWE and P. T. POLLONI, 1980. The megabenthic fauna in the deep sea south of New England, USA. Mar. Biol. 57:165-179.
HANCOCK, D. A., 1958. Notes on starfish on an Essex oyster bed. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U. K., 37:565-589.
HATANAKA, M. & M. KOSAKA, 1958. Biological studies on the population of the starfish, Asterias amurencis, in Sendai Bay. Tohohu J. Agri. Res. 9 (3) :159-178.
HAYASHI, R., 1973. The Sea-Stars of Sagami Bay. Biol. Lab. Imp. Household, Tokyo, 114pp.
HIMMELMAN, J. H. and C. DUTIL, 1991. Distribution, population structure and feeding of subtidal seastars in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 76:61-72.
HORN, H. S., 1966. Measurement of "overlap" in comparative ecological studies. Amer. Nat., 100:419-424.
JANGOUx, M. 1982. Food and feeding mechanisms: Asteroidea. In, Echinoderm Nutrition, ed. by M. JANGOUx & J. M. LAWRENCE, A. A. Balkema Publ., Rotterdam, pp.191-227.
LEVIN, V. S. , V. V. IVIN and V. I. FADEEV, 1987. Ecology of the starfish Patina pectinifera (MULLER et TROSCHEL) in Possiet Bay, Sea of Japan. Asian Mar. Biol., 4:49-60.
LUDWIG, H., 1900. Arktische Seesterne. Fauna Arctica, 1 (14) :447-502.
MAUZEY, K. P., C. BIRKELAND, and P. K. DAYTON, 1968. Feeding behavior of asteroids and escape responses of their prey in the Puget Sound region. Ecology, 49:603-619.
MENGE, J. L. and B. A. MENGE, 1974. Role of resource allocation, aggression and spatial heterogeneity in coexistence of two competing intertidal starfish. Ecol. Monogr. 44:189-209.
MORISHITA, M., 1959. Measuring of interspecific association and similarity between communities. Mem. Fac. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Ser. E (Biol. ), 3:65-80.
NOJIMA, S., 1984. Ecological studies of the sea star, Astropecten latespinosus MEISSNER. Doctoral dissertation, Kyushu Univ., 173pp.
NOJIMA, S., 1988. Stomach contents and feeding habits of four sympatric sea stars, genus Astropecten from northern Kyusyu, Japan. Publ. Amakusa Mar. Biol. Lab., 9 (2) :67-76.
NORMAN, A. M., 1893. A month on the Trondhjeim Fjord. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 (12) :341-367.
ROWE, F. W. E., 1984. Preliminary analysis of distribution patterns of Australia's non-endemic, tropical echinoderms. Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway:91-98.
SIBUET, M., 1979. Distribution and diversity of asteroids in Atlantic abyssal basins. Sarsia, 64:85-91.
SIBUET, M., 1984. Quantitative distribution of echinoderms (Holothuroidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea) in relation to organic matter in the sediment, in deep sea basins of the Atlantic Ocean. Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway:99-108.
SLADEN, W. P., 1879. On the Asteroidea and Echinoidea of the Korean Seas. Journ. Linn. Soc. London, 14:424-445., 8 pls.
SLADEN, W. P., 1889. Report on the Asteroidea collected by H. M. S. Challenger. Zoology, 30:893pp., 117 pls.
SLADEN, W. P., 1883. The Asteroidea of H. M. S. Challenger Expedition. pt. 2. J. Linn. Soc. London, 14:214-269.
SMITH, G. F. M., 1940. Factors limiting distribution and size in the starfish. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 5:84-103.
STEVENSON, J. P., 1992. A possible modification of the distribution of the intertidal seastar Patiriella exigua (LAMARCK) (Echinodermata : Asteroidea) by Patiriella calcar (LAMARCK). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 155:41-54.
UCHIDA, T., 1928. Report of the Biological Survey of Mutsu Bay. 2. Starfishes of Mutsu Bay. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, 3 (4) :785-803pp., 3 pls.

Right : ALTON, M. S., 1966. Bathymetric distribution of sea stars (Asteroidea) off the Northern Oregon Coast. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 23 (11) :1673-1714.
BARRET, M., 1857. List of the Echinodermata dredged between Drontheim and the North Cape. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 2 (20) :44-45.
BIANCHI, G., 1992. Study of the demersal assemblages of the continental shelf and upper slope off Congo and Gabon, based on the trawl surveys of the RV ' Dr Fridtjof Nansen'. Mar. Ecol. Frog. Ser., 85:9-23.
CLARK, A. H., 1920. Report of Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, 8:3-13.
DöDERLEIN, L., 1902. Japanische Seesterne. Zool. Anz., 25:326-335.
FISHER, W. K., 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 76 (1), 419pp.,122pls.
FISHER, W. K., 1919. Starfishes of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 100 (3), 712pp., 156 pls
FISHER, W. K., 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3. Forcipulata (concluded). Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 76 (3), 356pp., 93pls.
FRANZ, D. R., E. K. WORLEY and A. S. MERRILL, 1981. Distribution patterns of common seastars of the middle Atlantic continental shelf of the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras). Biol. Bull., 160:394-418.
GAGE, J. D., M. PEARSON, D. S. M. BILLETT, A. M. CLARK, M. JENSEN, G. L. J. PATERSON and P. A. TYLER, 1984. Echinoderm zonation in the Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic). Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway :31-36.
GRIEG, J. A., 1896. Om echinodermfaunaen de vestlandske fjorde. Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1894-95,12:13pp.
GRIEG, J. A., 1906. Echinodermen von dem norwegishen Fishereidampfer Michael Sars in den Jahrem 1900-1903 gesammelt. III . Asteroidea. Bergens Museums Aarbog, 1905,13:87pp., 2pls.
HAEDRICH, R. L., G. T. ROWE and P. T. POLLONI, 1980. The megabenthic fauna in the deep sea south of New England, USA. Mar. Biol. 57:165-179.
HANCOCK, D. A., 1958. Notes on starfish on an Essex oyster bed. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U. K., 37:565-589.
HATANAKA, M. & M. KOSAKA, 1958. Biological studies on the population of the starfish, Asterias amurencis, in Sendai Bay. Tohohu J. Agri. Res. 9 (3) :159-178.
HAYASHI, R., 1973. The Sea-Stars of Sagami Bay. Biol. Lab. Imp. Household, Tokyo, 114pp.
HIMMELMAN, J. H. and C. DUTIL, 1991. Distribution, population structure and feeding of subtidal seastars in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 76:61-72.
HORN, H. S., 1966. Measurement of "overlap" in comparative ecological studies. Amer. Nat., 100:419-424.
JANGOUx, M. 1982. Food and feeding mechanisms: Asteroidea. In, Echinoderm Nutrition, ed. by M. JANGOUx & J. M. LAWRENCE, A. A. Balkema Publ., Rotterdam, pp.191-227.
LEVIN, V. S. , V. V. IVIN and V. I. FADEEV, 1987. Ecology of the starfish Patina pectinifera (MULLER et TROSCHEL) in Possiet Bay, Sea of Japan. Asian Mar. Biol., 4:49-60.
LUDWIG, H., 1900. Arktische Seesterne. Fauna Arctica, 1 (14) :447-502.
MAUZEY, K. P., C. BIRKELAND, and P. K. DAYTON, 1968. Feeding behavior of asteroids and escape responses of their prey in the Puget Sound region. Ecology, 49:603-619.
MENGE, J. L. and B. A. MENGE, 1974. Role of resource allocation, aggression and spatial heterogeneity in coexistence of two competing intertidal starfish. Ecol. Monogr. 44:189-209.
MORISHITA, M., 1959. Measuring of interspecific association and similarity between communities. Mem. Fac. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Ser. E (Biol. ), 3:65-80.
NOJIMA, S., 1984. Ecological studies of the sea star, Astropecten latespinosus MEISSNER. Doctoral dissertation, Kyushu Univ., 173pp.
NOJIMA, S., 1988. Stomach contents and feeding habits of four sympatric sea stars, genus Astropecten from northern Kyusyu, Japan. Publ. Amakusa Mar. Biol. Lab., 9 (2) :67-76.
NORMAN, A. M., 1893. A month on the Trondhjeim Fjord. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 (12) :341-367.
ROWE, F. W. E., 1984. Preliminary analysis of distribution patterns of Australia's non-endemic, tropical echinoderms. Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway:91-98.
SIBUET, M., 1979. Distribution and diversity of asteroids in Atlantic abyssal basins. Sarsia, 64:85-91.
SIBUET, M., 1984. Quantitative distribution of echinoderms (Holothuroidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea) in relation to organic matter in the sediment, in deep sea basins of the Atlantic Ocean. Proc. 5th. Int. Echinoderm Conference, Galway:99-108.
SLADEN, W. P., 1879. On the Asteroidea and Echinoidea of the Korean Seas. Journ. Linn. Soc. London, 14:424-445., 8 pls.
SLADEN, W. P., 1889. Report on the Asteroidea collected by H. M. S. Challenger. Zoology, 30:893pp., 117 pls.
SLADEN, W. P., 1883. The Asteroidea of H. M. S. Challenger Expedition. pt. 2. J. Linn. Soc. London, 14:214-269.
SMITH, G. F. M., 1940. Factors limiting distribution and size in the starfish. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 5:84-103.
STEVENSON, J. P., 1992. A possible modification of the distribution of the intertidal seastar Patiriella exigua (LAMARCK) (Echinodermata : Asteroidea) by Patiriella calcar (LAMARCK). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 155:41-54.
UCHIDA, T., 1928. Report of the Biological Survey of Mutsu Bay. 2. Starfishes of Mutsu Bay. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, 3 (4) :785-803pp., 3 pls.

Abstract

Sixteen species of starfish were collected at depths between 0 m and 220 m in Wakasa Bay, and the effects of sediment and depth upon the species composition were examined. The sandy area was populated by fewer Luidia quinaria and more Astropecten scoparius than the muddy area. One reason for this may be that L.quinaria preys upon sea urchins, which are abundant in the muddy area, while A.scoparius eats small bivalves, which are abundant in the sandy area. The species composition shifted abruptly in the 100-160m depth zone, while the water temperature decreased more rapidly in the 90-200m zone than in the other zones. The species sampled from the colder depth range in Wakasa Bay are geo-graphically distributed in colder regions. These results show that water temperature restricts their distribution.

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