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Stylocidaris affinis Pencil Urchin, Red Lance Urchin

Stylocidaris affinis is commonly referred to as Pencil Urchin, Red Lance Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
16928 
AphiaID:
124268 
Scientific:
Stylocidaris affinis 
German:
Bleistift Seeigel, Roter Lanzen-Seeigel 
English:
Pencil Urchin, Red Lance Urchin 
Category:
Sjøpinnsvin 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Stylocidaris (Genus) > affinis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Philippi, ), 1845 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Bay of Biscay, Bermuda, Columbia, European Coasts, Florida, France, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Italy, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Northern Africa, Panama, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
0 - 1000 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
10,1 °F - 21,8 °F (10,1°C - 21,8°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Clams, Foraminifers 
Tank:
65.99 gal (~ 300L)  
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Stylocidaris affinis
    Bleistift Seeigel, Roter Lanzen-Seeigel
  • Stylocidaris albidens
  • Stylocidaris amboinae
  • Stylocidaris annulosa
  • Stylocidaris badia
  • Stylocidaris bracteata
  • Stylocidaris brevicollis
  • Stylocidaris calacantha
  • Stylocidaris cingulata
  • Stylocidaris conferta
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-11-08 12:25:19 

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Stylocidaris affinis, also known as pencil urchin or red lance urchin, is a species of sea urchin.

Hannes Kirchhauser, curator of the coral reef aquarium in Karlsruhe, brought this sea urchin back from his annual excursion from Italy and now lives in the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe.
Quills are very evident, thick, well spaced, as long as the body diameter, yellow to red, which can reach 5 cm.

It can be found in Bermuda, Caribbean Sea, Gulf Of Mexico, and the Mediterranean Sea. It occurs on circalittoral and deep sedimentary bottoms near Malta.

Synonymised names
Cidaris affinis Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted (transferred to Stylocidaris)
Cidaris stokesii L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Leiocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845) · unaccepted (transferred to Stylocidaris)
Leiocidaris stokesii (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Orthocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845) · unaccepted (transferred to Stylocidaris)
Tretocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845) · unaccepted (transferred to Stylocidaris)

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Stylocidaris affinis lineata Mortensen, 1910 accepted as Stylocidaris lineata Mortensen, 1910 (unaccepted combination)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2024.

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