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Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady" Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady"

Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady" is commonly referred to as Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady". Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 20 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
16133 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady" 
German:
Pink Lady Seeigel 
English:
Salmacis Sp. "Pink Lady" 
Category:
Sjöborrar 
Family tree:
Salmacis (Genus) > sp. "Pink Lady" (Species) 
Occurrence:
East Africa, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Coralline algae, Debris (Feed remains), Nori-Algae 
Tank:
4.4 gal (~ 20L)  
Difficulty:
3 - Ganska enkel 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-12-30 09:24:16 

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This small sea urchin Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady" is currently on sale in many specialist stores.
It belongs to the so-called collector sea urchins (collectur urchin), it carries everything movable such as snail shells, loose crustacean anemones, small stones, coral fragments etc. on the top of its body in order to camouflage itself from predators.

The small sea urchin is whitish at first and then turns pink as it ages.

Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady" is quite easy to keep as a hedgehog, it eats algae diligently and is ideal for a nano aquarium!


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