Plococidaris verticillata Sea Urchin

Plococidaris verticillata is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Średnio trudny. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3370 

AphiaID:

513478 

Scientific:

Plococidaris verticillata 

German:

Lanzenseeigel 

English:

Sea Urchin 

Category:

Jeżowce 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Plococidaris (Genus) > verticillata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Cebu ((Philippines), East Africa, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, South-Africa, 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:

0 - 54 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Bryozoans (sea mats), Coral polyps = corallivorous, No reliable information available, Sea squirts, Sponges, Worms 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Średnio trudny 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Plococidaris verticillata
  Lanzenseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-10-25 09:13:06 

Last edit:

2023-04-02 12:52:06 

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