Loxechinus albus Chilean Sea Urchin, Chilean Sea Urchin, Erizo Rojo, Red Urchin

Loxechinus albus is commonly referred to as Chilean Sea Urchin, Chilean Sea Urchin, Erizo Rojo, Red Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12045 

AphiaID:

160809 

Scientific:

Loxechinus albus 

German:

Chilenischer Seeigel 

English:

Chilean Sea Urchin, Chilean Sea Urchin, Erizo Rojo, Red Urchin 

Category:

Sjøpinnsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Parechinidae (Family) > Loxechinus (Genus) > albus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Molina), 1782 

Occurrence:

Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, South America, South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands, Uruguay 

Sea depth:

0,5 - 340 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 55.4 °F (°C - 13°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Herbivorous, Kelp, Seaweed 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

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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  Loxechinus albus
  Chilenischer Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-23 23:34:15 

Last edit:

2019-03-24 13:48:32 

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