Asthenosoma marisrubri Red Sea fire urchin

Asthenosoma marisrubri is commonly referred to as Red Sea fire urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3546 

AphiaID:

513046 

Scientific:

Asthenosoma marisrubri 

German:

Rotmeer-Feuerseeigel 

English:

Red Sea Fire Urchin 

Category:

Sjøpinnsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Echinothurioida (Order) > Echinothuriidae (Family) > Asthenosoma (Genus) > marisrubri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Jordan, Red Sea 

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:

4,5 - 70 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 9.84" (20cm - 25cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clam meat, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Detritus, Lettuce, Nori-Algae, Sponges 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Asthenosoma dilatatum
• 
  Asthenosoma ijimai
  Feuer-Seeigel
• Asthenosoma intermedium
• 
  Asthenosoma marisrubri
  Rotmeer-Feuerseeigel
• Asthenosoma periculosum
• 
  Asthenosoma varium
  Feuerseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-07 23:13:39 

Last edit:

2023-07-16 16:32:08 

Toxicity

Asthenosoma marisrubri is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Asthenosoma marisrubri, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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