Toxopneustes pileolus Flower urchin

Toxopneustes pileolus is commonly referred to as Flower urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 400 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

1067 

AphiaID:

212449 

Scientific:

Toxopneustes pileolus 

German:

Rosen-Seeigel 

English:

Flower Urchin 

Category:

Jeżowce 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Toxopneustes (Genus) > pileolus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 90 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

87.99 gal (~ 400L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Toxopneustes elegans
  Eleganter Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes maculatus
  Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes pileolus
  Rosen-Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes roseus
  Rosen-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-01 20:55:43 

Last edit:

2021-04-12 05:19:37 

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