Toxopneustes maculatus Sea Urchin

Toxopneustes maculatus is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:: 14455
AphiaID:: 513608

Scientific:: Toxopneustes maculatus
German:: Seeigel
English:: Sea Urchin

Category:: Jeżowce

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Toxopneustes (Genus) > maculatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Christmas Islands, French Polynesia, Invasive Species, Kiribati, Line Islands, Marquesas Islands, Philippines, Samoa, Timor Sea
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:: 10 - 80 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: ~ -18.4 °F (-28°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, omnivore
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Highly toxic