Salmacis sphaeroides Green-Spined Salmacis, Sea Urchin

Salmacis sphaeroides is commonly referred to as Green-Spined Salmacis, Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: средний. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2159 

AphiaID:

513533 

Scientific:

Salmacis sphaeroides 

German:

Grüner Seegrasseeigel 

English:

Green-Spined Salmacis, Sea Urchin 

Category:

Морские Ежи 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridae (Family) > Salmacis (Genus) > sphaeroides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulu Sea , Tasman Sea, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 90 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 84.2 °F (24,5°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

средний 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Salmacis belli
  Seeigel
• 
  Salmacis bicolor
  Zweifarben-Seeigel
• Salmacis roseoviridis
• Salmacis rubricincta
• 
  Salmacis sphaeroides
  Grüner Seegrasseeigel
• Salmacis virgulata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Salmacis sp.
  Seeigel
• 
  Salmacis sp. "Pink Lady"
  Pink Lady Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-02-25 15:40:38 

Last edit:

2023-12-27 11:53:17 

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