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Echinometra vanbrunti Van Brunt's Sea Urchins, Central American Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra vanbrunti is commonly referred to as Van Brunt's Sea Urchins, Central American Rock-boring 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:
16843 
AphiaID:
513244 
Scientific:
Echinometra vanbrunti 
German:
Bohr-Seeigel 
English:
Van Brunt's Sea Urchins, Central American Rock-boring Urchin 
Category:
Sjöborrar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinometridae (Family) > Echinometra (Genus) > vanbrunti (Species) 
Initial determination:
A. Agassiz, 1863 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Northeast Pacific Ocean, Panama, Peru, Revillagigedo Islands 
Sea depth:
0 - 53 Meter 
Habitats:
Rock crevices, Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Rocky reefs, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
up to 2.76" (7 cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 83.3 °F (15°C - 28.5°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Debris (Feed remains), Detritus, Herbivorous, omnivore 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
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:
2024-10-31 13:50:22 

Info

Echinometra vanbrunti is an echinoderm that occurs in large numbers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California in Mexico.

Color: dark purple

Interesting:
Echinometra vanbrunti is considered to be an opportunistic-commensal, whereby the companions, mainly crustaceans such as Clastotoechus gorgonensis and snails such as Thais melones, received protection and shelter in the holes drilled by

Synonyms:
Echinometra macrostoma (Lütken, 1864) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra rupicola A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra van brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Echinometra van-brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Ellipsechinus macrostomus Lütken, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Heliocidaris stenopora H.L. Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxocidaris stenopora (H.L. Clark, 1912) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

External links

  1. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science - Chapter 28 - Echinometra (en). Abgerufen am 13.10.2024.
  2. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations (en). Abgerufen am 13.10.2024.
  3. Mexican Marine Life (en). Abgerufen am 13.10.2024.
  4. Reproductive cycle of sea urchin Echinometra vanbrunti (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Gulf of California (en). Abgerufen am 13.10.2024.

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