Sphaerechinus granularis Purple-Spined Sea Urchin

Sphaerechinus granularis is commonly referred to as Purple-Spined 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.

Profile

lexID:

1128 

AphiaID:

124427 

Scientific:

Sphaerechinus granularis 

German:

Violetter Seeigel 

English:

Purple-Spined Sea Urchin 

Category:

Zee-egels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Sphaerechinus (Genus) > granularis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Ireland, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

1,5 - 260 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Rubble floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows 

Size:

2.76" - 5.12" (7cm - 13cm) 

Temperature:

14,1 °F - 21,3 °F (14,1°C - 21,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

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:

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  Sphaerechinus granularis
  Violetter Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-23 01:40:02 

Last edit:

2023-10-27 10:20:51 

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