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Fellaster zelandiae Cake Urchin, Snapper Biscuit, sand-dollar urchin

Fellaster zelandiae is commonly referred to as Cake Urchin, Snapper Biscuit, sand-dollar urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Cake Urchin, Snapper Biscuit, Fellaster zelandiae washed up after a storm, New Zealand,2018


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12453 
AphiaID:
414226 
Scientific:
Fellaster zelandiae 
German:
Neuseeland-Sanddollar 
English:
Cake Urchin, Snapper Biscuit, Sand-dollar Urchin 
Category:
Sjöborrar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Clypeasteridae (Family) > Fellaster (Genus) > zelandiae (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gray, ), 1855 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
1 - 50 Meter 
Size:
3.15" - 4.72" (8cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 68 °F (13°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
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:
2019-10-01 20:31:37 

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Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)

Fellaster zelandiae , commonly known as the cake urchin or the snapper biscuit, is endemic to New Zealand. A flattened dark green disc shaped urchin. Covered with fine spines. Can be found buried in fine sand feeding on small oraganic particles.

Synonymised names:
Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855 (transferred to Fellaster (type species))
Arachnoides zeylandiae Gray, 1855 (misspelling)
Fellaster zealandiae (Gray, 1855) (spelling mistake)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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