Centrostephanus longispinus Hatpin Urchin, Needle spined urchin

Centrostephanus longispinus is commonly referred to as Hatpin Urchin, Needle spined urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7702 

AphiaID:

124331 

Scientific:

Centrostephanus longispinus 

German:

Langstacheliger Diademseeigel 

English:

Hatpin Urchin, Needle Spined Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Centrostephanus (Genus) > longispinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Philippi, ), 1845 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), East-Atlantic Ocean, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

3 - 550 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Centrostephanus asteriscus
• Centrostephanus besnardi
• 
  Centrostephanus coronatus
  Gekrönter Diademseeigel
• 
  Centrostephanus longispinus
  Langstacheliger Diademseeigel
• Centrostephanus nitidus
• 
  Centrostephanus rodgersii
  Langstacheliger Seeigel
• Centrostephanus sylviae
• Centrostephanus tenuispinus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-15 15:57:30 

Last edit:

2026-07-13 09:31:57 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Centrostephanus longispinus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Centrostephanus longispinus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Centrostephanus longispinus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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