Echinocardium mediterraneum Echinocardium mediterraneum

Echinocardium mediterraneum is commonly referred to as Echinocardium mediterraneum. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7708 

AphiaID:

124399 

Scientific:

Echinocardium mediterraneum 

German:

Mittelmeerseeigel 

English:

Echinocardium Mediterraneum 

Category:

Søpindsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Loveniidae (Family) > Echinocardium (Genus) > mediterraneum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forbes, ), 1844 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Detritus 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Echinocardium capense
• Echinocardium connectens
• 
  Echinocardium cordatum
  Gemeiner Herzseeigel, Gewöhnlicher Herzseeigel
• Echinocardium fenauxi
• 
  Echinocardium flavescens
  Nordischer Herzigel
• Echinocardium keiense
• Echinocardium laevigaster
• Echinocardium lymani
• 
  Echinocardium mediterraneum
  Mittelmeerseeigel
• Echinocardium meteorense
• Echinocardium mortenseni
• Echinocardium pennatifidum
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-16 19:09:32 

Last edit:

2014-11-16 19:09:32 

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