Diadema africanum Black Sea Urchin

Diadema africanum is commonly referred to as Black 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.

Profile

lexID:

11231 

AphiaID:

731162 

Scientific:

Diadema africanum 

German:

Schwarzer Diademseeigel, Afrikanischer Diadema 

English:

Black Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Diadema (Genus) > africanum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Rodríguez, Hernández, Clemente & Coppard, 2013 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West Africa 

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:

1 - 80 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• Diadema acutum
• 
  Diadema africanum
  Schwarzer Diademseeigel, Afrikanischer Diadema
• Diadema ahmadii
• 
  Diadema antillarum
  Antillen-Diadem-Seeigel, Langstacheln Diadem-Seeigel
• Diadema cinctum
• Diadema clarki
• Diadema curtum
• Diadema hexamerum
• 
  Diadema mexicanum
  Seeigel
• Diadema obtusum
• 
  Diadema palmeri
  Diademseeigel
• 
  Diadema paucispinum
  Nadel-Diadem Seeigel
• 
  Diadema savignyi
  Savignys Diademseeigel
• 
  Diadema setosum
  Diadem-Seeigel
• Diadema sieversiae
• Diadema tetramerum
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-11-20 20:15:52 

Last edit:

2024-11-28 12:34:55 

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