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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:
Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, Haiti, Costa Rica, 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. ryanphotographic.com (en)
  2. Wikipedia (en)
  3. WoRMS (en)

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