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.

Profile

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
• Hypermastus epeterion
• 
  Hypermastus epiphanes
  Seeigel-Blutsaugerschnecke
• Hypermastus georgiregis
• Hypermastus indistinctus
• Hypermastus kilburni
• Hypermastus lacteus
• Hypermastus mareticola
• Hypermastus minor
• Hypermastus mucronatus
• Hypermastus obliquistomum
• Hypermastus orstomi
• Hypermastus peronellicola
• Hypermastus philippianus
• Hypermastus placentae
• Hypermastus productus
• Hypermastus pusillus
• Hypermastus randolphi
• Hypermastus roemerianus
• Hypermastus ryukyuensis
• Hypermastus sauliae
• Hypermastus serratus
• Hypermastus subula
• Hypermastus tenuissimae
• Hypermastus tokunagai
• Hypermastus williamsi
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-02-17 08:48:57 

Last edit:

2022-04-11 09:53:13 

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