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Université Libre de Bruxelles; Centre Interuniversitaire de Biologie Marine (ULB - UMH); Biologie Marine - UMH (BIOMAR), more

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Basic research in echinoderm biology
Biology and cultivation of marine invertebrate resources
Biology of invertebrate larvae and comparative biology of echinoderm larvae
Description and comparison of the animal biodiversity in tropical zones and of mechanisms underlying its emergence and maintenance
Symbioses and biodiversity in marine environment
Systematics and phylogeny of echinoderms and of their symbiotes

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Caulier, G.; Terrana, L.; Jossart, Q.; Eeckhaut, I.; Préat, A.; Motreuil, S.; David, B.; De Ridder, C. (2023). Exploring chemical stimuli guiding the pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus towards its echinoid host Meoma ventricosa. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 566: 151922. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2023.151922 Claereboudt, E.J.S.; Claereboudt, M.R.; Savarino, P.; Caulier, G.; Gaumez, L.; Deleu, M.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2023). A distinct saponin profile drives an olfactory-mediated aggregation in the aquacultivated sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. Mar. Drugs 21(3): 184. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21030184 Lepoint, G.; Tsiresy, G.; Deydier, M.; Pascal, F.; Frédérich, B.; Eeckhaut, I. (2023). Functional effects of Polysiphonia sp. epiphytism on the farmed Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Liao: competition for the resource, parasitism or both? J. Appl. Phycol. 35(4): 1821-1830. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03009-9 Lourtie, A.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mallefet, J.; Savarino, P.; Isorez, M.; Mussoi, L.; Bischoff, H.; Delroisse, J.; Hedouin, L.; Gerbaux, P.; Caulier, G. (2023). Species-specific metabolites mediate host selection and larval recruitment of the symbiotic seastar shrimp. NPG Scientific Reports 13(1): 12674. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39527-2 Caulier, G.; Lourtie, A.; Brasseur, L.; Mallefet, J.; Gerbaux, P.; Flammang, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2022). Crinoid anthraquinones as kairomones allowing host selection for the symbiotic snapping shrimp Synalpheus stimpsonii. Chemoecology (Print. ed.) 32(3): 95-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00049-022-00368-6 Pierrat, J.; Bédier, A.; Eeckhaut, I.; Magalon, H.; Frouin, P. (2022). Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems. Biol. Rev. 97(1): 273-298. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12799 Savarino, P.; Colson, E.; Caulier, G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P. (2022). Microwave-assisted desulfation of the hemolytic saponins extracted from Holothuria scabra viscera. Molecules 27(2): 537. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27020537 Delroisse, J.; Léonet, A.; Alexandre, H.; Eeckhaut, I. (2021). Intracellular pathways of holothuroid oocyte maturation induced by the thioredoxin Trx-REES. Antioxidants 10(8): 1201. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox10081201 Dugauquier, J.-M.; Godefroid, M.; M'Zoudi, S.; Terrana, L.; Todinanahary, G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Dubois, P. (2021). Ecomechanics of black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia): a comparative approach. Invertebr. Biol. 140(4): e12347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12347 Godefroid, M.; Todinanahary, G.G.B.; Dubois, P.; Eeckhaut, I.; Sturaro, N.; Lepoint, G.; Terrana, L. (2021). Perspectives on working underwater with black coral nubbins (Cnidaria: Antipatharia): the case of Cirrhipathes anguina (Dana, 1846). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 545: 151645. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151645 Terrana, L.; Flot, J.-F.; Eeckhaut, I. (2021). ITS1 variation among Stichopathes cf. maldivensis (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) whip black corals unveils conspecificity and population connectivity at local and global scales across the Indo-Pacific. Coral Reefs 40(2): 521-533. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00338-020-02049-8 Bouanati, T.; Colson, E.; Moins, S.; Cabrera, J.-C.; Eeckhaut, I.; Raquez, J.-M.; Gerbaux, P. (2020). Microwave-assisted depolymerization of carrageenans from Kappaphycus alvarezii and Eucheuma spinosum: controlled and green production of oligosaccharides from the algae biomass. Algal Research 51: 102054. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.algal.2020.102054 Delroisse, J.; Van Wayneberghe, K.; Flammang, P.; Gillan, D.; Gerbaux, P.; Opinã, N.; Todinanahary, G.G.B.; Eeckhaut, I. (2020). Epidemiology of a SKin Ulceration Disease (SKUD) in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra with a review on the SKUDs in Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 22150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78876-0 Jossart, Q.; Terrana, L.; De Ridder, C.; Eeckhaut, I.; Monteyne, D.; Caulier, G. (2020). To see or to smell: the role of vision in host-recognition by an ectoparasitic crab. Symbiosis 80(1): 97-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13199-019-00657-9 Terrana, L.; Bo, M.; Opresko, D.M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2020). Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4826(1). Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISBN 978-1-77688-006-5. 62 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1 Claereboudt, E.J.S.; Caulier, G.; Decroo, C.; Colson, E.; Gerbaux, P.; Claereboudt, M.R.; Schaller, H.; Flammang, P.; Deleu, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2019). Triterpenoids in echinoderms: fundamental differences in diversity and biosynthetic pathways. Mar. Drugs 17(6): 352. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md17060352 Léonet, A.; Delroisse, J.; Schuddinck, C.; Wattiez, R.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2019). Thioredoxins induce oocyte maturation in holothuroids (Echinodermata). Aquaculture 510: 293-301. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.12.090 Terrana, L.; Eeckhaut, I. (2019). Sexual reproduction of the shallow-water black coral Cirrhipathes anguina (Dana, 1846) from Madagascar. Mar. Biol. Res. 15(7): 410-423. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1662444 Terrana, L.; Lepoint, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (2019). Assessing trophic relationships between shallow-water black corals (Antipatharia) and their symbionts using stable isotopes. Belg. J. Zool. 149(1): 107-121. https://dx.doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2019.33 Brasseur, L.; Caulier, G.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2018). Mapping of spinochromes in the body of three tropical shallow water sea urchins. Nat. Prod. Commun. 13(12): 1659-1665 Brasseur, L.; Caulier, G.; Lepoint, G.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2018). Echinometra mathaei and its ectocommensal shrimps: the role of sea urchin spinochrome pigments in the symbiotic association. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 17540. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36079-8 Brasseur, L.; Demeyer, M.; Decroo, C.; Caulier, G.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2018). Identification and quantification of spinochromes in body compartments of Echinometra mathaei's coloured types. Royal Society Open Science 5(8): 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171213 Claereboudt, E.J.S.; Eeckhaut, I.; Lins, L.; Deleu, M. (2018). How different sterols contribute to saponin tolerant plasma membranes in sea cucumbers. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 11 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29223-x Brasseur, L.; Hennebert, E.; Fievez, L.; Caulier, G.; Bureau, F.; Tafforeau, L.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2017). The roles of spinochromes in four shallow water tropical sea urchins and their potential as bioactive pharmacological agents. Mar. Drugs 15(6): 179. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md15060179 Decroo, C.; Colson, E.; Demeyer, M.; Lemaur, V.; Caulier, G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Cornil, J.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P. (2017). Tackling saponin diversity in marine animals by mass spectrometry: data acquisition and integration. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 409(12): 3115-3126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-017-0252-7 Delroisse, J.; Ullrich-Luter, E.; Blaue, S.; Ortega-Martinez, O.; Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P.; Mallefet, J. (2017). A puzzling homology: a brittle star using a putative cnidarian-type luciferase for bioluminescence. Open Biology 7(4): 160300. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.160300 Delroisse, J.; Ullrich-Luter, E.; Blaue, S.; Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P.; Mallefet, J. (2017). Fine structure of the luminous spines and luciferase detection in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Zool. Anz. 269: 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.05.001 Terrana, L.; Eeckhaut, I. (2017). Taxonomic description and 3D modelling of a new species of myzostomid (Annelida, Myzostomida) associated with black corals from Madagascar. Zootaxa 4244(2): 277-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.9 Todinanahary, G.G.B.; Lavitra, T.; Andrifanilo, H.H.; Puccini, N.; Grosjean, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2017). Community-based coral aquaculture in Madagascar: a profitable economic system for a simple rearing technique? Aquaculture 467: 225-234. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.07.012 Brasseur, L.; Parmentier, E.; Caulier, G.; Vanderplanck, M.; Michez, D.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Lognay, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). Mechanisms involved in pearlfish resistance to holothuroid toxins. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 163(6): 129. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2901-3 Caulier, G.; Mezali, K.; Soualili, D.L.; Decroo, C.; Demeyer, M.; Eeckhaut, I.; Gerbaux, P.; Flammang, P. (2016). Chemical characterization of saponins contained in the body wall and the Cuvierian tubules of the sea cucumber Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori (Delle Chiaje, 1823). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 68: 119-127. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2016.06.005 Parmentier, E.; Lanterbecq, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). From commensalism to parasitism in Carapidae (Ophidiiformes): heterochronic modes of development? PeerJ 4: e1786. dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1786 Rouse, G.W.; Lanterbecq, D.; Summers, M.M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). Four new species of Mesomyzostoma (Myzostomida: Annelida). J. Nat. Hist. 50(1-2): 1-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1056266 Terrana, L.; Caulier, G.; Todinanahary, G.; Lepoint, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). Characteristics of the infestation of Seriatopora corals by the coral gall crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 on the great reef of toliara, Madagascar. Symbiosis 69(2): 113-122. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13199-016-0391-1 Tsiresy, G.; Preux, J.; Lavitra, T.; Dubois, P.; Lepoint, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). Phenology of farmed seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii infestation by the parasitic epiphyte Polysiphonia sp. in Madagascar. J. Appl. Phycol. 28(5): 2903-2914. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-0813-8 Demeyer, M.; Wisztorski, M.; Decroo, C.; De Winter, J.; Caulier, G.; Hennebert, E.; Eeckhaut, I.; Fournier, I.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P. (2015). Inter- and intra-organ spatial distributions of sea star saponins by MALDI imaging. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 407(29): 8813-8824. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-015-9044-0 Eeckhaut, I.; Caulier, G.; Brasseur, L.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Parmentier, E. (2015). Effects of holothuroid ichtyotoxic saponins on the gills of free-living fishes and symbiotic pearlfishes. Biol. Bull. 228(3): 253-265 Caulier, G.; Lepoint, G.; Van Nedervelde, F.; Eeckhaut, I. (2014). The diet of the Harlequin crab Lissocarcinus orbicularis, an obligate symbiont of sea cucumbers (holothuroids) belonging to the genera Thelenota, Bohadschia and Holothuria. Symbiosis 62(2): 91-99. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13199-014-0274-2 Collard, M.; Eeckhaut, I.; Dehairs, F.; Dubois, P. (2014). Acid-base physiology response to ocean acidification of two ecologically and economically important holothuroids from contrasting habitats, Holothuria scabra and Holothuria parva. Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 21(23): 13602-13614. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3259-z Demeyer, M.; De Winter, J.; Caulier, G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P. (2014). Molecular diversity and body distribution of saponins in the sea star Asterias rubens by mass spectrometry. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B Biochem. Mol. Biol.) 168: 1-11. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2013.10.004 Plotieau, T.; Lepoint, G.; Lavitra, T; Eeckhaut, I. (2014). Isotopic tracing of sediment components assimilated by epibiontic juveniles of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 94(7): 1485-1490. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000502 Sheridan, C.; Baele, J.M.; Kushmaro, A; Frejaville, Y; Eeckhaut, I. (2014). Terrestrial runoff influences white syndrome prevalence in SW Madagascar. Mar. Environ. Res. 101: 44-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.08.003 Sheridan, C.; Grosjean, P.; Leblud, J.; Palmer, V; Kushmaro, A; Eeckhaut, I. (2014). Sedimentation rapidly induces an immune response and depletes energy stores in a hard coral. Coral Reefs 33(4): 1067-1076. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1202-x Caulier, G.; Flammang, P.; Rakotorisoa, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Demeyer, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Preservation of the bioactive saponins of Holothuria scabra through the processing of trepang. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 685-690 Caulier, G.; Flammang, P.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). When a repellent becomes an attractant: harmful saponins are kairomones attracting the symbiotic Harlequin crab. NPG Scientific Reports 3. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02639 Delroisse, J.; Lanterbecq, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mallefet, J.; Flammang, P. (2013). Opsin detection in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the sea star Asterias rubens. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 721-727 Delroisse, J.; Fourgon, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Reproductive cycles and recruitment in Ophiomastix venosa and Ophiocoma scolopendrina, two co-existing tropical ophiuroids from the barrier reef of Toliara (Madagascar). Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 593-603 Plotieau, T.; Baele, J.-M.; Vaucher, R.; Hasler, C.A.; Koudad, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Analysis of the impact of Holothuria scabra intensive farming on sediment. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 703-711 Plotieau, T.; Lavitra, T.; Gillan, D.C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Bacterial diversity of the sediments transiting through the gut of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea; Echinodermata). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(12): 3087-3101. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2297-2 Rouse, G.W.; Jermiin, L.S.; Wilson, N.G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Lanterbecq, D.; Oji, T.; Young, C.M.; Browning, T.; Cisternas, P.; Helgen, L.E.; Stuckey, M.; Messing, C.G. (2013). Fixed, free, and fixed: The fickle phylogeny of extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) and their Permian-Triassic origin. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 66(1): 161-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.018 Lanterbecq, D.; Rouse, G.W.; Eeckhaut, I. (2010). Evidence for cospeciation events in the host–symbiont system involving crinoids (Echinodermata) and their obligate associates, the myzostomids (Myzostomida, Annelida). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 54(2): 357-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.011 Parmentier, E.; Lanterbecq, D.; Todesco, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2010). Unique morphologies of Encheliophis vermiops (Carapidae) with revised diagnosis of the genus. Ichthyol. Res 57(1): 85-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-009-0138-6 Becker, P.; Gillan, D.C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). Characterization of the bacterial community associated with body wall lesions of Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea) using culture-independent methods. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 100(2): 127-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2008.11.002 Bleidorn, C.; Lanterbecq, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Tiedemann, R. (2009). A PCR survey of Hox genes in the myzostomid Myzostoma cirriferum. Dev. Genes Evol. 219(4): 211-216. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00427-009-0282-z Lanterbecq, D.; Rouse, G.W.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). Bodyplan diversification in crinoid-associated myzostomes (Myzostomida, Protostomia). Invertebr. Biol. 128(3): 283-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00172.x Lanterbecq, D.; Hempson, T.; Griffiths, C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 619(1): 145-154. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7 Léonet, A.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Wattiez, R.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). A new method to induce oocyte maturation in holothuroids (Echinodermata). Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 53(1): 13-21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2009.9652285 Becker, P.; Egea, E.; Eeckhaut, I. (2008). Characterization of the bacterial communities associated with the bald sea urchin disease of the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 98(2): 136-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2007.12.002 Bleidorn, C.; Eeckhaut, I.; Lanterbecq, D.; Tiedemann, R. (2008). Hox gene survey in the myzostomid Myzostoma cirriferum. J. Morphol. (1931) 269(12): 1485-1485 Lanterbecq, D.; Bleidorn, C.; Michel, S.; Eeckhaut, I. (2008). Locomotion and fine structure of parapodia in Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida). Zoomorphology 127(1): 59-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-007-0052-2 Parmentier, E.; Lagardère, J.-P.; Chancerelle, Y.; Dufrane, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (2008). Variations in sound-producing mechanism in the pearlfish Carapini (Carapidae). J. Zool. (1987) 276(3): 266-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00486.x Becker, P.; Gillan, D. C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2007). Microbiological study of the body wall lesions of the echinoid Tripneustes gratilla. Dis. Aquat. Org. 77(1): 73-82. dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao01821 Fourgon, D.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2007). Biology of a "babysitting" symbiosis in brittle stars: analysis of the interactions between Ophiomastix venosa and Ophiocoma scolopendrina. Invertebr. Biol. 126(4): 385-395. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00108.x Hamel, J.F.; Becker, P.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mercier, A. (2007). Exogonadal oogenesis in a temperate holothurian. Biol. Bull. 213(2): 101-109 Deheyn, D.D.; Lyskin, S.; Eeckhaut, I. (2006). Assemblages of symbionts in tropical shallow-water crinoids and assessment of symbionts' host-specificity. Symbiosis 42(3): 161-168 Fourgon, D.; Lepoint, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (2006). Assessment of trophic relationships between symbiotic tropical ophiuroids using C and N stable isotope analysis. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(6): 1443-1447. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014494 Lanterbecq, D.; Rouse, G.W.; Milinkovitch, M.C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2006). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate multiple independent emergences of parasitism in Myzostomida (protostomia). Syst. Biol. 55(2): 208-227. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/10635150500481317 Fourgon, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Vaïtilingon, D.; Jangoux, M. (2005). Lecithotrophic development and metamorphosis in the Indo-West Pacific brittle star Ophiomastix venosa (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 47(3): 155-165. dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2005.9652156 Becker, P.; Gillan, D.; Lanterbecq, D.; Jangoux, M.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Rakotovao, J.; Eeckhaut, I. (2004). The skin ulceration disease in cultivated juveniles of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata). Aquaculture 242(1-4): 13-30. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2003.11.018 Vaitilingon, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Fourgon, D.; Jangoux, M. (2004). Population dynamics, infestation and host selection of Vexilla vexillum, an ectoparasitic muricid of echinoids, in Madagascar. Dis. Aquat. Org. 61(3): 241-255. dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao061241 Eeckhaut, I.; Fievez, L.; Müller, M.C.M. (2003). Larval development of Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida). J. Morphol. 258(3): 269-283. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10160 Lanterbecq, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (2003). Myzostomida from Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Hydrobiologia 496(1-3): 115-123. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026180428299 Britayev, T.A.; Doignon, G.; Eeckhaut, I. (1999). Symbiotic polychaetes from Papua New Guinea associated with echinoderms, with descriptions of three new species. Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(4): 359-374 Eeckhaut, I.; Grygier, M.J.; Deheyn, D. (1998). Myzostomes from Papua New Guinea, with related Indo-West Pacific distribution records and description of five new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 62(3): 841-886 VandenSpiegel, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1998). Host selection by Synalpheus stimpsoni (De Man), an ectosymbiotic shrimp of comatulid crinoids, inferred by a field survey and laboratory experiments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 225(2): 185-196. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00222-0 Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P.; Lo Bue, C.; Jangoux, M. (1997). Functional morphology of the tentacles and tentilla of Coeloplana bannworthi (Ctenophora, Platyctenida), an ectosymbiont of Diadema setosum (Echinodermata, Echinoida). Zoomorphology 117(3): 165-174. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004350050041 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1997). Infestation, population dynamics, growth and reproductive cycle of Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida), an obligate symbiont of the comatulid crinoid Antedon bifida (Crinoidea, Echinodermata). Cah. Biol. Mar. 38(1): 7-18 Eeckhaut, I.; Dochy, B.; Jangoux, M. (1995). Functional morphology of the introvert and digestive system of Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida). Acta Zool. (Stockh.) 76(4): 307-315. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1995.tb01003.x Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1995). Contramyzostoma bialatum (Annelida: Myzostomida), a new genus and species of parasitic myzostome infesting comatulid crinoids. Raffles Bull. Zool. 43(2): 343-353 Eeckhaut, I.; VandenSpiegel, D.; Grygier, M.J. (1994). Myzostomida (Annelida) from Singapore, with related Indo-Pacific distribution records and descriptions of three new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 42(3): 669-688 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1993). Integument and epidermal sensory structure of Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida). Zoomorphology 113: 33-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00430975 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1993). Life cycle and mode of infestation of Myzostoma cirriferum (Annelida), a symbiotic myzostomid of the comatulid crinoid Antedon bifida (Echinodermata). Dis. Aquat. Org. 15(3): 207-217 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1991). Fine structure of the spermatophore and intradermic penetration of sperm cells in Myzostoma cirriferum (Annelida, Myzostomida). Zoomorphology 111(1): 49-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01632709
Peer reviewed publications (18) [show]
Gress, E.; Eeckhaut, I.; Godefroid, M.; Dubois, P.; Richir, J.; Terrana, L. (2021). Investigation into the presence of Symbiodiniaceae in antipatharians (black corals). Oceans 2(4): 772-784. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/oceans2040044 Eeckhaut, I.; Février, J.; Todinanahary, G.; Delroisse, J. (2020). Impact of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda; Portunidae) predation on Holothuria scabra juvenile survival in sea farming pens. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 40: 11-16 Eeckhaut, I.; Van Wayenberghe, K.; Nicolas, F.; Delroisse, J. (2019). Skin ulcerations in Holothuria scabra can be induced by various types of food. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 39: 31-35 Todinanahary, G.G.B.; Fohy, N.; Andriatsialonana, C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2018). Potential influence of phytoplankton density on doliolaria and pentactula appearances in sandfish hatcheries. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 38: 60-63 Hamel, J.-F.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mercier, A. (2017). New host for the parasitic worm Anoplodium sp. (Rhabditophora: Platyhelminthes) found in the sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata). SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 37: 75-78 Rakotonjanahary, F.; Lavitra, T.; Fohy, N.; Eeckhaut, I. (2016). Assays for optimising the growth of Holothuria scabra juveniles during the nursery phase. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 36: 76-81 Lavitra, T.; Tsiresy, G.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Eeckhaut, I. (2015). Effect of nurseries and size of released Holothuria scabra juveniles on their survival and growth. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 35: 37-41 Plotieau, T.; Lepoint, G.; Baele, J.-M.; Tsiresy, G.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Lavitra, T.; Eeckhaut, I. (2014). Mineral and organic features of the sediment in the farming sea pens of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata). SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 34: 29-33 Demeuldre, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2012). Gonad development in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra Jaeger, 1833. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 32: 15-23 Caulier, G.; Van Dyck, S.; Gerbaux, P.; Eeckhaut, I.; Flammang, P. (2011). Review of saponin diversity in sea cucumbers belonging to the family Holothuriidae. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 31: 48-54 Lavitra, T.; Fohy, N.; Gestin, P.-G.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Eeckhaut, I. (2010). Effect of water temperature on the survival and growth of endobenthic Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) juveniles reared in outdoor ponds. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 30: 25-28 Lavitra, T.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Grosjean, P.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). The effect of food quality and rearing density on the growth and survival of epibenthic juveniles of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 8(1): 87-95 Lavitra, T.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). Problems related to the farming of Holothuria scabra (Jaeger, 1833). SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 29: 20-30 Eeckhaut, I.; Lavitra, T.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Rabenevanana, M.W.; Gildas, P.; Jangoux, M. (2008). Madagascar Holothurie SA: the first trade company based on sea cucumber aquaculture in Madagascar. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 28: 22-23 Lavitra, T.; Rachelle, D.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2008). Processing and marketing of holothurians in the Toliara region, southwestern Madagascar. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 28: 24-33 Lavitra, T.; Vaïtilingon, D.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Eeckhaut, I. (2006). Seasonal abundance of sea cucumber larvae at Toliara Great Reef, Madagascar. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 24: 35-38 Purcell, S.; Eeckhaut, I. (2005). An external check for disease and health of hatchery-produced sea cucumbers. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 22: 34-38 Eeckhaut, I.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Jangoux, M. (2001). Hosts chemodetection by symbiotic crabs of echinoderms, with a physical characterisation of a crinoid attractant. Asian Mar. Biol. 17: 111-12
Book chapters (13) [show]
Becker, P.; Eeckhaut, I.; Ycaza, R.H.; Mercier, A.; Hamel, J.-F. (2010). Protozoan disease in larval culture of the edible sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus, in: Harris, L.G. et al. Echinoderms: Durham - Proceedings of the 12th international echinoderm conference, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, 7-11 August, 2006. pp. 571-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203869543-c85 Eeckhaut, I.; Parmentier, E.; Becker, P.; Gomez da Silva, S.; Jangoux, M. (2004). Parasites and biotic diseases in field and cultivated sea cucumbers, in: Lovatelli, A. et al. (Ed.) Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper = FAO Document technique sur les pêches, 463: pp. 311-325 Doignon, G.; Jangoux, M.; Féral, A.; Eeckhaut, I. (2003). Seasonal release of the egg capsules of Anoplodium parasita Schneider, 1858, intracoelomic turbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) symbiotic of the sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1788 (Echinodermata, Holothuroida), in: Féral, J.-P. et al. Echinoderm Research 2001: proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Echinoderm Research, Banyuls-sur-mer, 3-7 September 2001. pp. 261-264 Deheyn, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Moens, J. (1998). A new species of polyclad (Plathelminthes), endosymbiont of the ophiuroid Ophiothrix purpurera, in: Mooi, R. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderms: San Francisco: Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 August, 1996. pp. 347-350 Eeckhaut, I.; Deheyn, D.; Jangoux, M. (1998). Study on the symbiotic fauna of crinoids collected in Hansa Bay (Bismarck Sea, Papua-New Guinea), in: Mooi, R. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderms: San Francisco: Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 August, 1996. pp. 151 Eeckhaut, I.; Van den Spiegel, D.; Michel, A.; Jangoux, M. (1998). Chemical detection and host recognition by the crab Harrovia longipes Lanchester, 1900, an ectosymbiont of crinoids, in: Mooi, R. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderms: San Francisco: Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 August, 1996. pp. 152 Van den Spiegel, D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1998). On the association between the shrimp Synalpheus stimpsoni (De Man, 1888) and the crinoid Comaster multifidus (Hartlaub, 1890), in: Mooi, R. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderms: San Francisco: Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 August, 1996. pp. 197 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1995). Development and behavior of Myzostoma alatum and Pulvinomyzostomum pulvinar, two myzostomid symbiotes of the comatulid Leptometra phalangium (Echinodermata), in: Eeckhaut, I. Cycle vital et biologie de Myzostoma cirriferum* (Myzostomida), symbiote obligatoire de la comatule Antedon bifida (Echinodermata).* pp. 229-236 Eeckhaut, I.; Lahaye, M.-Ch.; Jangoux, M. (1995). Postmetamorphic development of Myzostomum cirriferum (Annelida) and effects of the symbiote on its crinoid host, Antedon bifida (Echinodermata), in: Eeckhaut, I. Cycle vital et biologie de Myzostoma cirriferum* (Myzostomida), symbiote obligatoire de la comatule Antedon bifida (Echinodermata).* pp. 317-321 Eeckhaut, I. (1994). Structural description of three myzosytomes parasites of crinoids and of the skeletal deformations they induce on their hosts, in: Eeckhaut, I. (1995). Cycle vital et biologie de Myzostoma cirriferum* (Myzostomida), symbiote obligatoire de la comatule Antedon bifida (Echinodermata).* pp. 203-209 Eeckhaut, I.; Améziane-Cominardi, N. (1994). Structural description of three myzosytomes parasites of crinoids and of the skeletal deformations they induce on their hosts, in: David, B. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderms through time: Proceedings of the Eighth International Echinoderm Conference Dijon, France 6-10 September 1993. pp. 203-209 Eeckhaut, I.; Jangoux, M. (1991). Fine structure of the spermatophore and intradermic penetration of sperm cells in Myzostoma cirriferum (Annelida, Myzostomida), in: Eeckhaut, I. (1995). Cycle vital et biologie de Myzostoma cirriferum* (Myzostomida), symbiote obligatoire de la comatule Antedon bifida (Echinodermata).* pp. 49-58 Eeckhaut, I.; Lahaye, M.-Ch.; Jangoux, M. (1990). Postmetamorphic development of Myzostomum cirriferum (Annelida) and effects of the symbiote on its crinoid host, Antedon bifida (Echinodermata), in: De Ridder, C. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderm Research. Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Echinoderms, Brussels, Belgium, 18-21 September 1989. pp. 317-321
Thesis [show]
Eeckhaut, I. (1995). Cycle vital et biologie de Myzostoma cirriferum (Myzostomida), symbiote obligatoire de la comatule Antedon bifida (Echinodermata). PhD Thesis. Université de Mons-Hainaut: Mons. 106, annexes pp.
Abstracts (14) [show]
Bossiroy, E.; Wambreuse, N.; David, F.; Eeckhaut, I.; Caulier, G. (2024). Navigating the spectrum of sea cucumber pigmented cells: from hemocytes to carotenocytes!, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 55 Caulier, G.; Lourtie, A.; Gerbaux, P.; Claereboudt, J.S.; Flammang, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2024). Saponins: multitasking chemical signatures in asteroids and holothuroids, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 57 Flandroit, A.; Simon, L.; Geerinckx, N.; Eeckhaut, I.; Caulier, G. (2024). Ammothea hilgendorfi: a new invasive species on the Belgian Coast, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 29 Lourtie, A.; Mussoi, L.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mallefet, J.; Caulier, G. (2024). Host separation syndrome and chemical dependency of four echinoderm obligate symbionts, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 89 Nonclercq, Y.; Flammang, P.; Eeckhaut, I.; Delroisse, J. (2024). New light on the diversity of photoreception types in sea cucumbers, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 104 Wambreuse, N.; Wambreuse, J.D.; Eeckhaut, I.; Borrello, L.; Bossiroy, E.; Caulier, G. (2024). Using sea cucumber coelomocytes as stress indicators? The case of lipopolysaccharide endotoxin, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 131 Cabrera, P.M.; Terrana, L.; Lepoint, G.; Frédérich, B.; Gress, E.; Eeckhaut, I.; Dubois, P.; Gildas, T.; Sturaro, N. (2019). Revealing the trophic ecology of black corals through stable isotope analysis, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 93 Hamel, J.-F.; Eeckhaut, I.; Mercier, A. (2017). New host for the parasite worm Anoplodium sp. (Rhabditophora: Platyhelminthes) found in the sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata), in: Ramšak, A. et al. (Ed.) 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017, Piran, Slovenia: Abstract Book. pp. 36 Collard, M.; Eeckhaut, I.; Dehairs, F.; Dubois, P. (2013). Impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs and mangroves sea cucumbers, in: 48^th European Marine Biology Symposium, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, 19-23/08/2013: abstracts. pp. 154 Lanterbecq, D.; Parmentier, E.; Todesco, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic pearlfishes, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 258 Lanterbecq, D.; Delroisse, J.; Flammang, P.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Photoreception in echinoderms: PCR amplification of opsin-like genes in Paracentrotus lividus and Asterias rubens, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 291 Leonet, A.; Jangoux, M.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Intracellular pathways involved in oocytes maturation induced by dithiothreitol (DTT) and by a new Maturation Inducing Substance (MIS) in sea cucumbers, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 292 Plotieau, T.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Characterisation and quantification of the intradigestive bacterial microflora in Holothuria scabra (Jaeger, 1833) ( Holothuroidea), major macrodeposit feeder of recifal intertidal zones, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 299 Todesco, M.; Eeckhaut, I.; Parmentier, E. (2013). Resistance of pearlfishes to saponins, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 303
Other publications (3) [show]
Cabrera, P.M.; Terrana, L.; Lepoint, G.; Frédérich, B.; Gress, E.; Eeckhaut, I.; Dubois, P.; Gildas, T.; Sturaro, N. (2019). Revealing the trophic ecology of black corals through stable isotope analysis. Poster presented at the VLIZ Marine Science Day 13 March 2019. Laboratory of Oceanology, FOCUS, University of Liège: Liège. 1 poster pp. Caulier, G.; Parmentier, E.; Lepoint, G.; Van Nedervelde, F.; Eeckhaut, I. (2012). Characterization of a population of the Harlequin crab, Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852, an obligate symbiont of holothuroids, in Toliara bay (Madagascar). Zoosymposia 7: 177-183 Grignard, J.C.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Eeckhaut, I. (1998). L'oursin diadème. Abri convoité et modèle de vies associatives. Océanorama 29: 3-9

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