Sculpsitechinus auritus Sanddollar

Sculpsitechinus auritusis commonly referred to as Sanddollar. 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 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3804 

AphiaID:

828570 

Scientific:

Sculpsitechinus auritus 

German:

Geschlitzter Sanddollar 

English:

Sanddollar 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Astriclypeidae (Family) > Sculpsitechinus (Genus) > auritus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Leske, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Bali, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

2.76" - 7.09" (7cm - 18cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Food specialist 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sculpsitechinus auritus
  Geschlitzter Sanddollar
• Sculpsitechinus tenuissimus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-08-02 14:39:46 

Last edit:

2021-02-07 20:59:27 

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