Astropyga pulvinata Crown Sea Urchin, Cushin Urchin

Astropyga pulvinata is commonly referred to as Crown Sea Urchin, Cushin 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:

11762 

AphiaID:

513138 

Scientific:

Astropyga pulvinata 

German:

Diademseeigel 

English:

Crown Sea Urchin, Cushin Urchin 

Category:

Zee-egels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Astropyga (Genus) > pulvinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, Peru 

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:

5 - 37 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

19,8 °F - 84.2 °F (19,8°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Detritus 

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:

• 
  Astropyga magnifica
  Prächtiger Diadem-Seeigel
• Astropyga nuptialis
• 
  Astropyga pulvinata
  Diademseeigel
• 
  Astropyga radiata
  Roter Diademseeigel, Blau gepunkteter Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-10-30 20:10:24 

Last edit:

2018-10-30 20:20:04 

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