Echinometra viridis Reef Urchin

Echinometra viridis is commonly referred to as Reef Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Reef Urchin, Echinometra viridis, La Machaca to The Cliff Night Dive, Bonaire 2022

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AphiaID:: 422493

Scientific:: Echinometra viridis
German:: Riffdachseeigel
English:: Reef Urchin

Category:: Søpindsvin

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinometridae (Family) > Echinometra (Genus) > viridis (Species)
Initial determination:: A. Agassiz, 1863

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 40 Meter
Size:: 3.15" - 4.72" (8cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Herbivorous
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
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:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-16 15:58:58
Last edit:: 2023-03-01 19:41:00

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Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863

Echinometra viridis, the reef urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae. It is found on reefs in very shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Synonymised names:
Echinometra plana A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Ellipsechinus viridis (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

External links

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Invertebase.org (en). Abgerufen am 01.03.2023.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 01.03.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Reef Urchin, Echinometra viridis, La Machaca to The Cliff Night Dive, Bonaire 2022

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AndreLuty
@AndreLuty

am 13.02.20#6

Ich kann bestätigen, dass diese Arte sehr gern lockere Korallen umschmeist. Also alles gut befestigen. Die Inopazifische Schwesternart R. mathaei ist da weniger am Umschmeisen - d.h. weniger Probleme. Algen frisst er aber gut.

Beste Grüße Andre´

Nemo2012
@Nemo2012

am 08.01.13#5

Wie die anderen schon erwähnt haben ist er Nachtaktiv und drückt sich in jede Spalte.
Frisst bei mir bevorzugt den Aufwuchs.

LaSim
@LaSim

am 13.02.11#4

Ich habe wahrscheinlich diese Art vor ein paar Monaten in meinem Aquarium entdeckt und das kleine Ding war nicht größer als eine Johannisbeere.
Er ist schnell gewachsen und ist nun im Durchmesser gut 4cm groß.
Ein toller Algenfresser und ich glaube ich hatte wirklich Glück!

Liebe Grüße

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