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Nudechinus verruculatus Warty Sand Urchin

Nudechinus verruculatus is commonly referred to as Warty Sand 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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Warty Sand Urchin - Nudechinus verruculatus Tanzania 2021


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lexID:
1068 
AphiaID:
513422 
Scientific:
Nudechinus verruculatus 
German:
Warziger Sand-Seeigel 
English:
Warty Sand Urchin 
Category:
Sea Urchins 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Nudechinus (Genus) > verruculatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lütken, ), 1864 
Occurrence:
Africa, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Pazific, USA 
Sea depth:
3 - 58 Meter 
Size:
2,2 cm 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
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 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-11-22 19:41:36 

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Nudechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864)

All Camarodonts have imperforate tubercles and compound ambulacral plates. In addition, the Toxopneustids are characterised by the peristome, or opening through the test, having a sharp margin with the buccal notches being prominent.

Synonymised names:
Cyrtechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)
Echinus (Psammechinus) verruculatus Lütken, 1864 · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)
Echinus angulosus A. Agassiz, 1872 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym; junior...)
Echinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)
Lytechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)
Psammechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 22.11.2022.
  2. Underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 22.11.2022.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 22.11.2022.

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Warty Sand Urchin - Nudechinus verruculatus Tanzania 2021
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