Eucidaris tribuloides slate pencil urchin

Eucidaris tribuloides is commonly referred to as slate pencil urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1062 

AphiaID:

396741 

Scientific:

Eucidaris tribuloides 

German:

Karibischer Lanzenseeigel 

English:

Slate Pencil Urchin 

Category:

Ricci 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Eucidaris (Genus) > tribuloides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Belize, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

up to 5.12" (13 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Bryozoans (sea mats), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food tablets, omnivore, Sea squirts, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Mediamente facile 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Eucidaris australiae
• 
  Eucidaris galapagensis
  Galapagos Lanzenseeigel
• 
  Eucidaris metularia
  Zehn-Linien Lanzeseeigel
• 
  Eucidaris thouarsii
  Lanzensseigel, Griffel-Seeigel
• 
  Eucidaris tribuloides
  Karibischer Lanzenseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-01 18:52:19 

Last edit:

2022-12-28 17:33:43 

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