Tripneustes depressus Brown Sea Urchin

Tripneustes depressus is commonly referred to as Brown Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

11459 

AphiaID:

513619 

Scientific:

Tripneustes depressus 

German:

Brauner Seeigel 

English:

Brown Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sjøpinnsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Tripneustes (Genus) > depressus (Species) 

Initial determination:

A. Agassiz, 1863 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Australia, Central America (Eastern Pacific), Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Revillagigedo Islands, South America 

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:

1 - 75 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 82.4 °F (18°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Aquatic plant, Herbivorous, Sea weed 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tripneustes depressus
  Brauner Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes gratilla
  Pfaffenhut-Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes ventricosus
  Karibischer Seeigel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tripneustes australiae
  Lamington-Seeigel, Dekorateur-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-03-18 19:37:18 

Last edit:

2023-09-07 19:58:54 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Tripneustes depressus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Tripneustes depressus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Tripneustes depressus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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