Salmacis belli Short spined sea urchin

Salmacis belli is commonly referred to as Short spined sea urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9019 

AphiaID:

367781 

Scientific:

Salmacis belli 

German:

Seeigel 

English:

Short Spined Sea Urchin 

Category:

Søpindsvin 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridae (Family) > Salmacis (Genus) > belli (Species) 

Initial determination:

Döderlein, 1902 

Occurrence:

Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, New Caledonia, Philippines, Vanuatu 

Size:

3.94" - 5.12" (10cm - 13cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Invertebrates 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Salmacis belli
  Seeigel
• 
  Salmacis bicolor
  Zweifarben-Seeigel
• Salmacis roseoviridis
• Salmacis rubricincta
• 
  Salmacis sphaeroides
  Grüner Seegrasseeigel
• Salmacis virgulata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Salmacis sp.
  Seeigel
• 
  Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady"
  Pink Lady Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-09 22:07:01 

Last edit:

2015-12-09 22:07:01 

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