Pseudoboletia maculata White Sea Urchin

Pseudoboletia maculata is commonly referred to as White Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2494 

AphiaID:

214456 

Scientific:

Pseudoboletia maculata 

German:

Weißer Seeigel 

English:

White Sea Urchin 

Category:

Søpindsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Pseudoboletia (Genus) > maculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Troschel, 1869 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Australia, Florida, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, The Gulf of Guinea, The Ryukyu Islands 

Sea depth:

10 - 82 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 77 °F (22°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Nori-Algae 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pseudoboletia atlantica
• 
  Pseudoboletia indiana
  Indischer Seeigel
• 
  Pseudoboletia maculata
  Weißer Seeigel
• Pseudoboletia occidentalis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-05-14 20:59:04 

Last edit:

2017-05-04 14:38:58 

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