Echinus melo Melon sea urchin, water melon sea urchin

Echinus melo is commonly referred to as Melon sea urchin, water melon 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:

7647 

AphiaID:

124294 

Scientific:

Echinus melo 

German:

Melonen-Seeigel 

English:

Melon Sea Urchin, Water Melon Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidae (Family) > Echinus (Genus) > melo (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1816 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Portugal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 6.69" (17 cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 73.4 °F (16°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, 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:

• Echinus anchistus
• 
  Echinus esculentus
  Eßbarer Seeigel
• Echinus euryporus
• Echinus gilchristi
• 
  Echinus melo
  Melonen-Seeigel
• Echinus multidentatus
• Echinus tenuispinus
• Echinus tylodes
• Echinus wallisi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-25 15:14:26 

Last edit:

2014-10-25 15:14:26 

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