Metalia sternalis Sea Urchin

Metalia sternalisis commonly referred to as Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

2232 

AphiaID:

212465 

Scientific:

Metalia sternalis 

German:

Herzseeigel 

English:

Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidae (Family) > Metalia (Genus) > sternalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Red Sea, Réunion , Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Detritus 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Metalia angustus
• Metalia dicrana
• Metalia kermadecensis
• Metalia latissima
• Metalia nobilis
• Metalia persica
• Metalia robillardi
• 
  Metalia spatagus
  Herzseeigel
• 
  Metalia sternalis
  Herzseeigel
• Metalia townsendi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-05-17 15:40:44 

Last edit:

2007-05-17 15:40:44 

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