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Tripneustes ventricosus

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lexID:
3368 
AphiaID:
422490 
Scientific:
Tripneustes ventricosus 
German:
Karibischer Seeigel 
English:
West Indian Sea Egg 
Category:
Søpindsvin 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Tripneustes (Genus) > ventricosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Panama, Haiti, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Cuba, Bahamas, Belize, Caribien, Dominikanske republik, Florida, Honduras, Mexiko (Øst Pacific) 
Sea depth:
1 - 67 Meter 
Size:
10 cm - 15 cm 
Temperature:
23°C - 28°C 
Food:
Alger 
Tank:
~ 100 Liter 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-03-12 20:28:10 

Husbandry

Tripneustes ventricosus
They are common in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida, and may be found at depths of 0 to 10 metres.

The West Indian sea egg feeds on algae but tends to avoid the crustose, highly calcified coralline algae

Synonyms:
Echinus ventricosus Lamarck, 1816
Heliechinus gouldii Girard, 1850 )
Hipponoe esculenta A. Agassiz, 1872
Tripneustes esculenta (A. Agassiz, 1872)
Tripneustes esculentus (A. Agassiz, 1872)

External links

  1. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en)
  2. Wikipedia (en)
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en)

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