Tripneustes gratilla Pincushion Hairy Urchin,Cake Sea Urchin, Sea Lamington

Tripneustes gratilla is commonly referred to as Pincushion Hairy Urchin,Cake Sea Urchin, Sea Lamington. Difficulty in the aquarium: Łatwy . A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

724 

AphiaID:

212453 

Scientific:

Tripneustes gratilla 

German:

Pfaffenhut-Seeigel 

English:

Pincushion Hairy Urchin,Cake Sea Urchin, Sea Lamington 

Category:

Jeżowce 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Tripneustes (Genus) > gratilla (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Corea, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Western Australia, 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:

0,5 - 75 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coral reefs, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

17,8 °F - 84.2 °F (17,8°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Crustaceans, Nori-Algae, omnivore 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Łatwy  

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tripneustes depressus
  Brauner Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes gratilla
  Pfaffenhut-Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes ventricosus
  Karibischer Seeigel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tripneustes australiae
  Lamington-Seeigel, Dekorateur-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-16 07:24:54 

Last edit:

2024-09-05 17:46:08 

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