Arbacia punctulata Purple-spined sea urchin, Purple urchin, Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin

Arbacia punctulata is commonly referred to as Purple-spined sea urchin, Purple urchin, Atlantic Purple 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.

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lexID:

12853 

AphiaID:

158058 

Scientific:

Arbacia punctulata 

German:

Lila Seeigel 

English:

Purple-spined Sea Urchin, Purple Urchin, Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin 

Category:

Oursins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Arbacioida (Order) > Arbaciidae (Family) > Arbacia (Genus) > punctulata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Arabian Sea, Belize, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, South America, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

0,1 - 304 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 3.94" (2cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

48.2 °F - 80.6 °F (9°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Detritus, omnivore, Sediment feeder 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Arbacia dufresnii
• 
  Arbacia lixula
  Schwarzer Seeigel
• 
  Arbacia punctulata
  Lila Seeigel
• Arbacia spatuligera
• Arbacia stellata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Arbacia nigra
  Schwarzer-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-03-06 19:43:44 

Last edit:

2021-02-02 19:58:53 

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