Abstract
The sea-urchin egg completes reduction division within the ovary (Fig. 7.1 [1–2]). The unfertilized egg is a spherical cell about 90μm in diameter, surrounded by a transparent jelly coat about 30μm thick. The refractive index of the jelly coat is the same as that of seawater, making it invisible by ordinary microscope. In a suspension of India ink, however, it remains transparent because the ink particles do not penetrate it. It is easily stained with vital stains such as Janus green. Spermatozoa pass through the jelly coat at any point and enter the egg surface wherever they happen to reach it. The jelly is composed of polysaccharide and has a strong agglutinating effect on sperm, but its role in fertilization has not been fully explained. Even when the jelly coat is removed by seawater acidified at pH 5, fertilization and egg development proceed normally.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
AGRELL, I., 1954. A mitotic gradient in the sea urchin embryo during gastrulation. Ark. Zool. 6, 213–217.
AUCLAIR, W., SIEGEL, B.W., 1966. Cilia regeneration in the sea urchin embryo: evidence for a pool of ciliary proteins. Science 154, 913–915.
BALINSKY, B.I., 1959. An electron microscopic investigation of the mechanisms of adhesion of the cells in sea urchin blastula and gastrula. Exp. Cell Res. 16, 429–433.
BOVERI, T., 1901a. Die Polarität von Oocyte, Ei und Larve des Strongylocentrotus lividus. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Anat. Ont. 14, 630–653.
BOVERI, T., 1901b. Über die Polarität des Seeigeleies. Verh. Phys.-med. Ges. Würzburg 34, 145–176.
CZIHAK, G., 1960. Untersuchungen über die Coelomanlagen und die Metamorphose des Pluteus von Psammechinus miliaris (GMELIN). Zool. Jb. Anat. 78 235–279.
CZIHAK, G., 1960. Pseudoradiärsymmetrische Seeigelplutei. Roux’ Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 152 593–601.
CZIHAK, G., 1962a. Entwicklungsphysiologie der Echinodermen. Fortschr. Zool. 14 237–267.
CZIHAK, G., 1962b. Entwicklungsphysiologische Untersuchungen an Echiniden. (Topochemie der Blastula und Gastrula, Entwicklung der Bilateral- und der Coelomdivertikel). Roux’ Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 154, 29–211.
DAN, K., 1952. Cyto-embryological studies of sea urchins. II. Blastula stage. Biol. Bull. 102, 74–89.
DAN, K., 1954a. Further study on the formation of the “new membrane” in the eggs of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus (Strongylocentrotus) pulcherrimus. Embryologia 2 99–114.
DAN, K., 1954b. The cortical movement in Arbacia punctulata eggs through cleavage cycles. Embryologia 2, 115–122.
DAN, K., 1957. Invertebrate Embryology, 199–212. Tokyo: Bai Fu Kan Press.
DAN, K., 1960. Cyto-embryology of echinoderms and amphibia. Inter. Rev. Cytol. 9, 321–367.
DAN, K., Dan, J.C., 1940. Behavior of the cell surface during cleavage III. On the formation of new surface in the eggs of Strongylocentrotus pulcherrimus. Biol. Bull. 78, 486–501.
DAN, K., Dan, J.C., 1947. Behavior of the cell surface during cleavage VII. On the division mechanism of cells with excentric nuclei. Biol. Bull. 93, 139–162.
DAN, K., ONO, T., 1952. Cyto-embryological studies of sea urchins. I. The means of fixation of the mutual positions among the blastomeres of sea urchin larvae. Biol. Bull. 102, 58–73.
DAN, K., NAKAJIMA, T., 1956. On the morphology of the mitotic apparatus isolated from Echinoderm eggs. Embryologia 3, 187–200.
DAN, K., OKAZAKI, K., 1956. Cyto-embryological studies of sea urchins. III. Role of the secondary mesenchyme cells in the formation of the primitive gut in sea urchin larvae. Biol. Bull. 110, 29–42.
DRIESCH, M., 1896. Die taktische Reizbarkeit der Mesenchymzellen von Echinus microtuberculatus. Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 3, 362–380.
ENDO, Y., 1954. Relation of sperm entrance point and the first cleavage plane to polarity in sea urchin eggs. Zool. Mag. 63, 164–165.
ENDO, Y., 1961. Changes in the cortical layer of sea urchin eggs at fertilization as studied with the electron microscope. Exp. Cell Res. 25, 383–397.
ENDO, Y., 1966. Development and Differentiation, 1–61. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten.
GIBBINS, J.R., TILNEY, L.G., PORTER, K.R., 1969. Microtubules in the formation and development of the primary mesenchyme in Arbacia punctulata. J. Cell Biol. 41, 201–226.
GUSTAFSON, T., KINNANDER, H., 1956. Microaquaria for time-lapse cinematographic studies of morphogenesis in swimming larvae and observations on sea urchin gastrulation. Exp. Cell Res. 11, 36–51.
GUSTAFSON, T., WOLPERT, L., 1961. Studies on the cellular basis of morphogenesis in the sea urchin embryo. Directed movements of primary mesenchyme cells in normal and vegetalized larvae. Exp. Cell Res. 24, 64–79.
GUSTAFSON, T., WOLPERT, L., 1962. Cellular mechanism in the morphogenesis of the sea urchin larva. Change in shape of cell sheets. Exp. Cell Res. 27, 260–279.
GUSTAFSON, T., WOLPERT, L., 1963a. The cellular basis of morphogenesis and sea urchin development. Inter. Rev. Cytol. 15, 139–214.
GUSTAFSON, T., WOLPERT, L., 1963b. Studies on the cellular basis of morphogenesis in the sea urchin embryo. Formation of the coelom, the mouth, and the primary pore-canal. Exp. Cell Res. 29, 561–582.
GUSTAFSON, T., WOLPERT, L., 1967. Cellular movement and contact in sea urchin morphogenesis. Biol. Rev. 42, 442–498.
HAGSTRöM, B.E., LöNNING, S., 1965. Studies on cleavage and development of isolated sea urchin blastomeres. Sarsia 18, 1–9.
HARVEY, E.B., 1949. The growth and metamorphosis of the Arbacia punctulata pluteus, and late development of the white halves of centrifuged eggs. Biol. Bull. 97, 287–299.
HARVEY, E.B., 1956. American Arbacia and other sea urchins. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
HERBST, C., 1896. Experimentelle Untersuchungen über den Einfluß der veränderten chemischen Zusammensetzung des umgebenden Mediums auf die Entwicklung der Tiere. III. Über das Ineinandergreifen von normaler Gastrulation und Lithiumentwicklung. Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 2, 455–516.
HERBST, C., 1900. Über das Auseinandergehen von Furchungs- und Gewebezellen in Kalk-freiem Medium. Roux’ Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 9, 424–463.
HIRAMOTO, Y., 1957. The thickness of the cortex and the refractive index of the protoplasm in sea urchin eggs. Embryologia 3, 361–374.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1928. Über die Determination des Keimes bei Echinodermen. Acta Zool. 9, 1–191.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1935. Über die Determination im Verlaufe der Eiachse bei Seeigeln. Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli 14, 251–479.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1936a. Über die zeitliche Determination im Keim von Paracentrotus lividus. Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 135, 1–39.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1936b. Weitere Studien über die Determination im Verlaufe der Eiachse bei Seeigeln. Arch. Entwicklungsmech. 135, 40–68.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1939. The mechanics of sea urchin development, studied by operative methods. Biol. Rev. 14, 132–179.
HöRSTADIUS, S., 1949. Experimental researches on the developmental physiology of the sea urchin. Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli, Suppl. 21, 131–172.
HSIAO, S.C., FUJII, W.K., 1963. Early ontogenic changes in the concentration of alkaline phosphatase in Hawaiian sea urchins. Exp. Cell Res. 32, 217–231.
HYMAN, L.H., 1955. The Invertebrates: Echinodermata, vol. IV, 413–588. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
IMMERS, J., 1956. Changes in acid mucopolysaccharides attending the fertilization and development of the sea urchin. Ark. Zool. 9, 367–375.
IMMERS, J., 1961. Comparative study of the localization of incorporated 14C-labeled amino acids and 35SO4 in the sea urchin ovary, egg, and embryo. Exp. Cell Res. 24, 356–378.
ISHIDA, J., 1936. An enzyme dissolving the fertilization membrane of sea urchin eggs. Annot. Zool. Japon. 15, 453–457.
ISHIDA, J., 1954. Function of egg surface during fertilization in sea urchins. Cyto-chemistry Symposium 2, 65–80.
ISHIDA, J., 1967. Cell Biology, 613–631. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten.
IWAIKAWA, Y., 1967. Regeneration of cilia in the sea urchin embryo. Embryologia 9, 287–294.
KANE, R.E., 1970. Direct isolation of the hyaline layer protein released from the cortical granules on the sea urchin egg at fertilization. J. Cell Biol. 45, 615–622.
KANE, R.E., HERSH, R.T., 1959. The isolation and preliminary characterization of a major soluble protein of the sea urchin egg. Exp. Cell Res., 16, 59–69.
KANE, R.E., STEPHENS, R.E., 1969. A comparative study of the isolation of the cortex and the role of the calcium-insoluble protein in several species of sea urchin eggs. J. Cell Biol. 41, 133–144.
KINNANDER, H., GUSTAFSON, T., 1960. Further studies on the cellular basis of gastrulation in the sea urchin larva. Exp. Cell Res. 19, 278–290.
KOPAC, M.J., 1941. Disintegration of the fertilization membrane of Arbacia by the action of an “enzyme”. J. Cell Comp. Physiol. 18, 215–220.
LILLIE, F.R., 1913. The mechanism of fertilization. Science 38, 524–528.
MACBRIDE, E.W., 1914. Text-book of embryology, vol. I. Invertebrata, 504–529. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.
MONNE, L., SLAUTTERBACK, D.B., 1950. Differential staining of various polysaccharides in sea urchin. Exp. Cell Res. 1, 477–491.
MONNE, L., HåRDE, S., 1951. On the formation of the blastocoel and similar embryonic cavities. Ark. Zool. 1, 463–469.
MONNE, L., SLAUTTERBACK, D.B., 1952. On the staining of the cytoplasm with the Schiff reagent during the development of the eggs of Paracentrotus lividus. Ark. Zool. 3, 349–356.
MOORE, A.R., 1933. Is cleavage rate a function of the cytoplasm or of the nucleus? J. Exp. Biol. 10, 230–236.
MOORE, A.R., 1940. Osmotic and structural properties of the blastular wall in Dendraster excentricus. J. Exp. Zool. 84, 73–79.
MOORE, A.R., BURT, A.S., 1939. On the locus and nature of the forces causing gastrulation in the embryos of Dendraster excentricus. J. Exp. Zool. 82, 159–168.
MORGAN, T.H., 1893. Experimental studies on Echinoderm eggs. Anat. Anz. 9, 141–152.
MORTENSEN, Th., 1921. Studies of the development and larval forms of echinoderms, 109–117. Copenhagen.
MORTENSEN, Th., 1931. Contributions to the study of the development and larval forms of echinoderms. I–II. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Naturv. og Math. Ser. 9, 4, (1).
MORTENSEN, Th., 1937. Contributions to the study of the development and larval forms of echinoderms. III. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Naturv. og Math. Ser. 9, 7, (1).
MORTENSEN, Th., 1938. Contributions to the study of the development and larval forms of echinoderms. IV. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Naturv. og Math. Ser. 9, 7, (3).
MOTOMURA, I., 1935. Determination of the embryonic axis in the eggs of amphibia and echinoderms. Sci. Rept. Tohoku Imp. Univ. Ser. IV, 10, 211–254.
MOTOMURA, I., 1967. Formation of diastema in the cleaving egg of the sea urchin. Sci. Rept. Tohoku Univ. Ser. IV, 33, 135–142.
NAKANO, E., 1956. Physiological studies on re-fertilization of the sea urchin egg. Embryologia 3, 139–165.
NAKANO, E., OOHASHI, S., 1954. On the carbohydrate component of the jelly coat and related substances of eggs from Japanese sea urchins. Embryologia 2, 81–85.
NAKANO, E., OKAZAKI, K., IWAMATSU, T., 1963. Accumulation of radioactive calcium in larvae of the sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus. Biol. Bull. 125, 125–132.
OKAZAKI, K., 1956a. Exogastrulation induced by calcium deficiency in the sea urchin, Pseudocentrotus depressus. Embryologia 3, 23–36.
OKAZAKI, K., 1956b. Skeleton formation of sea urchin larvae. I. Effect of Ca concentration of the medium. Biol. Bull. 110, 320–333.
OKAZAKI, K., 1960. Skeleton formation of sea urchin larvae. II. Organic matrix of the spicule. Embryologia, 5, 283–320.
OKAZAKI, K., 1965. Skeleton formation of sea urchin larvae. V. Continuous observation of the process of matrix formation. Exp. Cell Res. 40, 585–596.
OKAZAKI, K., 1970. Growth of the spicule in sea urchin larvae. Collagen Symposium VIII., 113–129.
OKAZAKI, K., 1971a. In vitro culture of the micromeres and primary mesenchyme cells isolated from sea urchin embryos and larvae. In: Cells in Early Development (Jap. Soc. Dev. Biologists, ed.), 188–225. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten Publ.
OKAZAKI, K., 1971b. Spicule formation in sea urchin larvae; observations in vivo and in vitro. Symp. Cell Biol. (Japan) 22, 163–171.
OKAZAKI, K., DAN, K., 1954. The metamorphosis of partial larvae of Peronella japonica Mortensen, a sand dollar. Biol. Bull. 106, 83–99.
OKAZAKI, K., FUKUSHI, T., DAN, K., 1962. Cyto-embryological studies of sea urchins. IV. Correlation between the shape of the ectodermal cells and the arrangement of the primary mesenchyme cells in sea urchin larvae. Acta Embryol. Morph. Exp. 5, 17–31.
OKAZAKI, K., NIIJIMA, L., 1964. Basement membrane in sea urchin larvae. Embryologia 8, 89–100.
ONODA, K., 1931. Notes on the development of Heliocidaris crassispina with special reference to the structure of the larval body. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ. Ser. B, 7, 103–134.
ONODA, K., 1936. Note on the development of some Japanese Echinoids with special reference to the structure of the larval body. Japan. J. Zool. 6, 637–654.
PRENANT, M., 1926a. Sur le déterminisme de la forme spiculaire chez les larves d’oursins. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 94, 433–435.
PRENANT, M., 1926b. L’etude cytologique du calcaire. III. Observations sur le déterminisme de la forme spiculaire chez les larves pluteus d’oursins. Bull. Biol. France Belgique 60, 522–560.
RUNNSTRöM, J., 1928. Zur experimentellen Analyse der Wirkung des Lithiums auf den Seeigelkeim. Acta Zool. 9, 365–424.
RUNNSTRöM, J., 1931. Zur Entwicklungsmechanik des Skelettmusters bei dem Seeigelkeim. Arch. Entwicklungsmech., 124, 273–297.
RUNNSTRöM, J., 1935. An analysis of the action of lithium on sea urchin development. Biol. Bull. 68, 378–383.
RUNNSTRöM, J., HAGSTRöM, B.E., PERLMANN, P., 1959. Fertilization. In: The Cell — Biochemistry, Physiology, Morphology (J. Brachet, A.E. Mirsky, eds.), 327–397. New York: Academic Press, Inc.
SCHMIDT, H., 1904. Zur Kenntnis der Larvenentwicklung von Echinus microtuberculatus. Verh. Phys-Med. Ges. Würzburg 36, 297–336.
SCHMITT, F.O., 1941. Some protein patterns in cells. Growth 5 (Suppl.), 1–20.
SHEARER, C, DE MORGAN, W., FUCHS, H., 1914. On the experimental hybridization of Echinoids. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London B, 204, 255–362.
STEPHENS, R.E., KANE, R.E., 1970. Some properties of hyalin. The calcium-insoluble protein of the hyaline layer of the sea urchin egg. J. Cell Biol. 44, 611–617.
SELENKA, E., 1883. Studien über Entwicklungsgeschichte der Tiere. 2. Die Keimblätter der Echinodermen. Wiesbaden.
THEEL, H., 1892. On the development of Echinocyamus pusillus. Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsaliensis Ser. III, 15, 1–57.
TYLER, A., 1941. The role of fertilizin in the fertilization of eggs of the sea urchin and other animals. Biol. Bull. 81, 190–204.
Von UBISCH, L., 1937. Die normale Skelettbildung bei Echinocyamus pusillus und Psammechinus miliaris und die Bedeutung dieser Vorgänge für die Analyse der Skelette von Keimblatt-Chimären. Z. Wiss. Zool. 149, 402–476.
Von UBISCH, L., 1939. Keimblattchimärenforschung an Seeigellarven. Biol. Rev. 14, 88–103.
VASSEUR, E. 1948. Chemical studies on the jelly coat of the sea urchin egg. Acta Chem. Scand., 2, 900–913.
VACQUIER, V.D., 1969. The isolation and preliminary analysis of the hyaline layer of sea urchin eggs. Exp. Cell Res. 54, 140–142.
WILSON, E.B., 1895. An atlas on the fertilization and karyokinesis of the ovum, 1–32. New York: Columbia University Press, Macmillan and Co.
WOLPERT, L., GUSTAFSON, T., 1961a. Studies on the cellular basis of morphogenesis of the sea urchin embryo. Development of the skeletal pattern. Exp. Cell Res. 25, 311–325.
WOLPERT, L., GUSTAFSON, T., 1961b. Studies of the cellular basis of morphogenesis of the sea urchin embryo. The formation of the blastula. Exp. Cell Res. 25, 374–382.
WOLPERT, L., MERCER, E.H., 1963. An electron microscope study of the development of the blastula of the sea urchin embryo and its radial polarity. Exp. Cell Res. 30, 280–300.
WOODLAND, W., 1906. Studies in spicule formation. III. On the mode of formation of spicular skeleton in the pluteus of Echinus esculentus. Quart. J. Microscop. Sci. 49, 305–325.
YASUMASU, I., 1958. Hatching enzyme of the sea urchins, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus and Heliocidaris crassispina. Bull. Mar. Biol. Stat. Asamushi 9, 83–84.
YASUMASU, I., 1960. Quantitative determination of hatching enzyme activity of sea urchin blastulae. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo Sec. IV, 9, 39–47.
YASUMASU, I., 1961. Crystallization of hatching enzyme of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina. Sci. Papers of College of Gen. Educ. Univ. Tokyo 11, 275–280.
YAZAKI, I., 1968. Immunological analysis of the calcium precipitable protein of the sea urchin eggs. I. Hyaline layer substance. Embryologia 10, 131–141.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1975 Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Okazaki, K. (1975). Normal Development to Metamorphosis. In: Czihak, G. (eds) The Sea Urchin Embryo. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65964-5_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65964-5_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-65966-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-65964-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive