Eupatagus rubellus Sea Urchin

Eupatagus rubellus is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15684 

AphiaID:

513270 

Scientific:

Eupatagus rubellus 

German:

Seeigel 

English:

Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sjöborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Eupatagidae (Family) > Eupatagus (Genus) > rubellus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Mortensen, 1948 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Guam, Marschall Islands, Philippines 

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:

- 50 Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 3.54" (3,6cm - 9cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 

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:

• Eupatagus flindersi
• Eupatagus lymani
• Eupatagus micropetalus
• Eupatagus obscurus
• 
  Eupatagus rubellus
  Seeigel
• Eupatagus valenciennesii

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-04-18 11:07:13 

Last edit:

2023-04-18 11:09:56 

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