Mortonia australis Fuzzy Sea Urchin, Sand Dollar

Mortonia australis is commonly referred to as Fuzzy Sea Urchin, Sand Dollar. 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:

15688 

AphiaID:

513405 

Scientific:

Mortonia australis 

German:

Australischer Sanddollar 

English:

Fuzzy Sea Urchin, Sand Dollar 

Category:

Jeżowce 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Echinolampadacea (Order) > Fibulariidae (Family) > Mortonia (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Des Moulins, ), 1837 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Philippines 

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:

20 - 444 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,1cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, omnivore 

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:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mortonia australis
  Australischer Sanddollar
• Mortonia diffusa
• Mortonia greggii
• Mortonia latisepala
• Mortonia palmeri
• Mortonia polyporus
• Mortonia scabrella
• Mortonia sempervirens
• Mortonia utahensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-04-23 13:13:05 

Last edit:

2023-04-23 13:40:43 

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