Toxopneustes maculatus Sea Urchin

Toxopneustes maculatus is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

14455 

AphiaID:

513608 

Scientific:

Toxopneustes maculatus 

German:

Seeigel 

English:

Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Toxopneustes (Genus) > maculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Christmas Islands, French Polynesia, Invasive Species, Kiribati, Line Islands, Marquesas Islands, Philippines, Samoa, Timor Sea 

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:

10 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

~ -18.4 °F (-28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Toxopneustes elegans
  Eleganter Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes maculatus
  Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes pileolus
  Rosen-Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes roseus
  Rosen-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-01-31 22:22:44 

Last edit:

2022-03-18 20:23:29 

Toxicity

Toxopneustes maculatus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Toxopneustes maculatus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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