Cidaris cidaris Long-spine sea urchin

Cidaris cidaris is commonly referred to as Long-spine sea urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

5804 

AphiaID:

124257 

Scientific:

Cidaris cidaris 

German:

Lanzenseeigel 

English:

Long-spine Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sjöborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Cidaris (Genus) > cidaris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Scandinavia, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Sponges 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

3 - Ganska enkel 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cidaris abyssicola
• Cidaris blakei
• Cidaris caroliniana
• 
  Cidaris cidaris
  Lanzenseeigel
• Cidaris mabahissae
• Cidaris nuda
• Cidaris rugosa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-26 20:08:10 

Last edit:

2013-07-26 20:08:10 

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