Brissus unicolor Groove Burrowing Urchin , Big White Heart-Urchin

Brissus unicolor is commonly referred to as Groove Burrowing Urchin , Big White Heart-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:

7507 

AphiaID:

124380 

Scientific:

Brissus unicolor 

German:

Großer Weißer Herzseeigel 

English:

Groove Burrowing Urchin , Big White Heart-Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidae (Family) > Brissus (Genus) > unicolor (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Leske, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, South Atlantic, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, USA, Venezuela 

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:

0 - 240 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

2.48" - 4.72" (6.3cm - 12cm) 

Temperature:

18,6 °F - 27,4 °F (18,6°C - 27,4°C) 

Food:

Detritus 

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:

• Brissus agassizii
• Brissus gigas
• Brissus latecarinatus
• Brissus meridionalis
• Brissus obesus
• 
  Brissus unicolor
  Großer Weißer Herzseeigel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Brissus sp. 01
  Irregulärer Herzseeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-09-07 13:02:46 

Last edit:

2025-07-15 19:08:35 

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