Lissodiadema purpureum Fine-spined Urchin

Lissodiadema purpureum is commonly referred to as Fine-spined Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

11087 

AphiaID:

1316363 

Scientific:

Lissodiadema purpureum 

German:

Feinstacheliger Seeigel 

English:

Fine-spined Urchin 

Category:

Oursins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Diadematoida (Order) > Lissodiadematidae (Family) > Lissodiadema (Genus) > purpureum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, ), 1907 

Occurrence:

Hawaii, Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lissodiadema lorioli

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lissodiadema purpureum
  Feinstacheliger Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-09-29 10:58:37 

Last edit:

2024-05-05 12:57:15 

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