Eucidaris metularia Ten-lined urchin

Eucidaris metularia is commonly referred to as Ten-lined 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:

13357 

AphiaID:

213369 

Scientific:

Eucidaris metularia 

German:

Zehn-Linien Lanzeseeigel 

English:

Ten-lined Urchin 

Category:

Søpindsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Eucidaris (Genus) > metularia (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, China, Fiji, Guam, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 500 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Rock crevices, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,7cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Bryozoans (sea mats), Carrion, Detritus, Invertebrates, Sponges, Zoobenthos 

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:

• Eucidaris australiae
• 
  Eucidaris galapagensis
  Galapagos Lanzenseeigel
• 
  Eucidaris metularia
  Zehn-Linien Lanzeseeigel
• 
  Eucidaris thouarsii
  Lanzensseigel, Griffel-Seeigel
• 
  Eucidaris tribuloides
  Karibischer Lanzenseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-11-09 19:43:36 

Last edit:

2026-01-08 13:19:15 

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