Diadema antillarum Long-spined sea urchin

Diadema antillarum is commonly referred to as Long-spined sea urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6737 

AphiaID:

124332 

Scientific:

Diadema antillarum 

German:

Antillen-Diadem-Seeigel, Langstacheln Diadem-Seeigel 

English:

Long-spined Sea Urchin 

Category:

Zee-egels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Diadema (Genus) > antillarum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Philippi, 1845 

Occurrence:

Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Panama, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean 

Sea depth:

0 - 400 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

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:

• Diadema acutum
• 
  Diadema africanum
  Schwarzer Diademseeigel, Afrikanischer Diadema
• Diadema ahmadii
• 
  Diadema antillarum
  Antillen-Diadem-Seeigel, Langstacheln Diadem-Seeigel
• Diadema cinctum
• Diadema clarki
• Diadema curtum
• Diadema hexamerum
• 
  Diadema mexicanum
  Seeigel
• Diadema obtusum
• 
  Diadema palmeri
  Diademseeigel
• 
  Diadema paucispinum
  Nadel-Diadem Seeigel
• 
  Diadema savignyi
  Savignys Diademseeigel
• 
  Diadema setosum
  Diadem-Seeigel
• Diadema sieversiae
• Diadema tetramerum
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-14 16:27:43 

Last edit:

2023-03-01 19:45:06 

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