Echinostrephus molaris Burrowing Fine Spine Urchin

Echinostrephus molaris is commonly referred to as Burrowing Fine Spine Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

15377 

AphiaID:

213384 

Scientific:

Echinostrephus molaris 

German:

Grabender Feinstachel-Seeigel 

English:

Burrowing Fine Spine Urchin 

Category:

Sjøpinnsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinometridae (Family) > Echinostrephus (Genus) > molaris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Blainville, ), 1825 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, East Africa, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Japan, Kenya, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Seychelles 

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 - 50 Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Echinostrephus aciculatus
  Roter Bohrseeigel
• 
  Echinostrephus molaris
  Grabender Feinstachel-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-11-22 20:09:06 

Last edit:

2022-11-22 20:20:46 

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