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Hypermastus epiphanes Sea Urchin Parasitic Shell

Hypermastus epiphanes is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin Parasitic Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
14507 
AphiaID:
536309 
Scientific:
Hypermastus epiphanes 
German:
Seeigel-Blutsaugerschnecke 
English:
Sea Urchin Parasitic Shell 
Category:
Lumache 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Eulimidae (Family) > Hypermastus (Genus) > epiphanes (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Melvill, ), 1897 
Occurrence:
Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Pakistan, Red Sea 
Sea depth:
- 9 Meter 
Size:
0,2 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Parasitic, Sea urchins 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Hypermastus acutus
  • Hypermastus auritae
  • Hypermastus boschorum
  • Hypermastus bulbulus
  • Hypermastus casta
  • Hypermastus colmani
  • Hypermastus coxi
  • Hypermastus cylindricus
  • Hypermastus echinocardiophilus
  • Hypermastus echinodisci
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-11 09:53:13 

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Hypermastus epiphanes (Melvill, 1897)

Hypermastus epiphanes is a species of Gastropoda in the family urchin-snails.

Synonymised names:
Eulima epiphanes Melvill, 1897 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 17.02.2022.

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