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Echinothrix diadema Diadema Urchin

Echinothrix diadema is commonly referred to as Diadema Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Echinothrix diadema, Blue-black urchin,La Reunion 2017


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lexID:
3736 
AphiaID:
213378 
Scientific:
Echinothrix diadema 
German:
Diadem-Seeigel 
English:
Diadema Urchin 
Category:
Sjöborrar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Echinothrix (Genus) > diadema (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Austral Islands, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, New Caledonia, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Réunion , Tahiti, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands 
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:
1 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-08-02 22:03:07 

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Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Diadema Urchin (Echinothrix diadema) is a long spined urchin, with a diameter of about 8 cm. It is generally black in colour, and always dark. The spines are closed at the tip; the anal sac is spotted light and dark.

Synonymised names:
Astropyga spinosissima (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Astropyga subularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Centrostephanus subularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris araneiformis Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris coronalis Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Cidarites spinosissima Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Cidarites subularis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Diadema desjardinsii Michelin, 1845 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Diadema spinosissimum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Diadema subulare (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix cincta (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix petersii Bölsche, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix spinosissima (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix spinosissimum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix subularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinothrix turcarum Peters, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus coronalis (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus diadema Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Echinothrix)
Garelia cincta A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Garelia subularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 04.03.2023.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Echinotrix diadema, La Reunion 2012
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ECHIN 5916 Echinothrix diadema, sea urchin, Kona, Hawaii
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Commonly

Echinothrix diadema, Blue-black urchin,La Reunion 2017
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Diadema Urchin (Echinothrix diadema)Two Fish, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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