Microcyphus rousseaui Bald-patch Urchin

Microcyphus rousseaui is commonly referred to as Bald-patch 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. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1064 

AphiaID:

212443 

Scientific:

Microcyphus rousseaui 

German:

Rousseaus Seeigel 

English:

Bald-patch Urchin 

Category:

Морские Ежи 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridae (Family) > Microcyphus (Genus) > rousseaui (Species) 

Initial determination:

L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Philippines, Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

10 - 23.9 Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 1.97" (3,7cm - 5,0cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Sponges 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

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:

• Microcyphus annulatus
• Microcyphus ceylanicus
• Microcyphus compsus
• Microcyphus excentricus
• Microcyphus keiensis
• Microcyphus maculatus
• Microcyphus olivaceus
• 
  Microcyphus rousseaui
  Rousseaus Seeigel
• Microcyphus zigzag

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-01 20:21:13 

Last edit:

2021-03-21 19:53:39 

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