Lytechinus panamensis White Sea Urchin

Lytechinus panamensis is commonly referred to as White Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12026 

AphiaID:

513377 

Scientific:

Lytechinus panamensis 

German:

Weißer Seeigel 

English:

White Sea Urchin 

Category:

Jeżowce 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Lytechinus (Genus) > panamensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Mortensen, 1921 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Panama 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

3,5 cm 

Food:

Carnivore, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lytechinus callipeplus
• Lytechinus euerces
• 
  Lytechinus panamensis
  Weißer Seeigel
• 
  Lytechinus pictus
  Weißer Seeigel
• 
  Lytechinus semituberculatus
  Grüner Seeigel
• 
  Lytechinus variegatus
  Grüner Seeigel
• 
  Lytechinus williamsi
  Vielfarbseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-14 19:49:47 

Last edit:

2019-03-15 13:13:56 

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