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Echinometra lucunter Rock-boring urchin

Echinometra lucunter wird umgangssprachlich oft als Karibischer Bohrseeigel bezeichnet.


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lexID:
3928 
AphiaID:
213380 
Scientific:
Echinometra lucunter 
German:
Karibischer Bohrseeigel 
English:
Rock-boring Urchin 
Category:
Jeżowce 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinometridae (Family) > Echinometra (Genus) > lucunter (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tansania, the Caribbean, the Seychelles, USA, Venezuela 
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 - 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef combs, Reef ridges, Reef-associated, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Surf zones 
Size:
3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
24,9 °F - 82.4 °F (24,9°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Cnidaria, Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, omnivore, Sponges 
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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-08-20 20:08:38 

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Rock-boring urchin
Echinometra lucunter
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The body of this species is elliptical in outline, not round. The spines are short, thick and sharply pointed. The color of the body and the spines is usually reddish brown, but it can vary from almost black with shades of purple or green.

Synonymised names
Cidaris fenestrata Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (transferred to Echinometra)
Cidaris subangularis Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra acufera (de Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra lobatus (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra michelini Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra nigrina Girard, 1850 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra subangularis (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus acufer de Blainville, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus lobatus Blainville, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758 (transferred to Echinometra)
Echinus maugei Blainville, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Ellipsechinus lobatus (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Ellipsechinus lukunter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ellipsechinus subangularis (A. Agassiz, 1872-74) (subjective junior synonym)
Heliocidaris castelnaudi Hupé, 1857 (subjective junior synonym)
Heliocidaris mexicana L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
Toxocidaris mexicana (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) (subjective junior synonym)

Distribution:
Common in the Caribbean.

External links

  1. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 20.08.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

am 08.02.13#1
Anfangs war der Seeigel nur nachts zu sehn, seit ein paar Monaten auch tagsüber wobei er nachts deutlich aktiver ist.

Er wechselt beim Verzehr jedes mal die Algensorte, Mal die Grünen, Mal Kalkrotalgen, mal Halimeda,...

Wichtig man sollte den Steinaufbau unbedingt mit Korallenkleber, Zement etc fixieren. Unser Seeigel ist vom Durchmesser her ca. 4cm an der breiteren Stelle und wirft trotz dieser geringeren Größe gern auch mal 1-2kg schweres Lebendgestein um.

SPS und Weichkorallen wurden bis jetzt nicht angegangen.
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