Brissus unicolor

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lexID:: 7507
AphiaID:: 124380

Scientific:: Brissus unicolor
German:: Grauer Herzseeigel
English:: Groove Burrowing Urchin , White Heart-Urchin

Category:: Zee-egels
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidae (Family) > Brissus (Genus) > unicolor (Species)
Initial determination:: (Leske, ), 1778

Occurrence:: North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, Dominican Republic, the Seychelles, Cuba, Costa Rica, Venezuela, the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Columbia, Belize, South Atlantic, Mexico (East Pacific), Haiti, European Coasts, Adria, Azoren, Indische Oceaan
Size:: 6.3 cm - 12 cm
Temperature:: 15°C - 27°C
Food:: Detrites
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully

CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Brissus agassizii
Brissus gigas
Brissus latecarinatus
Brissus meridionalis
Brissus obesus
Brissus unicolor
Grauer Herzseeigel

More related species in this lexicon:

Brissus sp. 01
Irregulärer Herzseeigel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-09-07 13:02:46
Last edit:: 2014-09-07 13:02:46

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Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778)

Brissus unicolor is a irregulary sea urchin, the armour is elongate and convex.The colour is grey. The hart sea urchin is covered with short soft spines.This hart sea urchin have a furry appearance, live burried in sandy bottom at dephts of 7-30 m,commonly known as Groove Burrowing Urchin and is nocturnal.

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