Meoma ventricosa Red heart urchin

Meoma ventricosa is commonly referred to as Red heart urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7213 

AphiaID:

367846 

Scientific:

Meoma ventricosa 

German:

Roter Herz-Seeigel 

English:

Red Heart Urchin 

Category:

Søpindsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidae (Family) > Meoma (Genus) > ventricosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Aruba, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Florida, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, San Salvador, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

0,3 - 78 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus, Sediment feeder 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Meoma cadenati
• Meoma frangibilis
• 
  Meoma ventricosa
  Roter Herz-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-10 22:50:11 

Last edit:

2022-08-17 12:10:59 

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