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a relative homogeneous growth <strong>of</strong> all its somatic organs. For its <strong>model</strong>, <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong> could be considered as a "system with three degrees <strong>of</strong><br />

freedom": (1) <strong>the</strong> body wall and most somatic organs, (2) <strong>the</strong> gonads and<br />

(3) <strong>the</strong> digestive tract and its content. This means we can fully characterize<br />

<strong>the</strong> echinoid by three, easily performed, measurements such as <strong>the</strong> body<br />

size, <strong>the</strong> gonad index (Spirlet et al, 2000, 2001) and <strong>the</strong> repletion index<br />

(Nedelec, 1983). With such three parameters, it should be possible to<br />

calculate <strong>the</strong> size and <strong>the</strong> weight <strong>of</strong> all organs, once <strong>the</strong> corresponding<br />

allometric relationships are established.<br />

Part II: Measurement for size in <strong>the</strong> <strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong><br />

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