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Psammechinus microtuberculatus Green Sea Urchin

Psammechinus microtuberculatus is commonly referred to as Green Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Psammechinus microtuberculatus © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria.


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lexID:
7524 
AphiaID:
124318 
Scientific:
Psammechinus microtuberculatus 
German:
Kletterseeigel 
English:
Green Sea Urchin 
Category:
Sea Urchins 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Parechinidae (Family) > Psammechinus (Genus) > microtuberculatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Blainville, ), 1825 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, European Coasts, France, Greece, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Sea depth:
1 - 685 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
4,0 cm 
Temperature:
13,2 °F - 16,1 °F (13,2°C - 16,1°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-10 20:05:20 

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Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)

Psammechinus microtuberculatus is brown with short greenish or whitish spines. This sea urchin is herbivorous.This species live on sandy bottom, but can also be found on hard substrates.

The ectoparasites Asterocheres minutus and Asterocheres violaceus lives on Psammechinus microtuberculatus.

Synonymised names
Echinus (Psammechinus) microtuberculatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (transferred to Psammechinus)
Echinus decoratus L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus microtuberculatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (transferred to Psammechinus)
Echinus microtuberculatus bivalens · unaccepted > nomen nudum (name for tetraploid individuals;...)
Echinus microtuberculatus univalens · unaccepted > nomen nudum (name for diploid individuals; not...)
Echinus microtuberculatus var. bivalens · unaccepted > nomen nudum (name for tetraploid individuals;...)
Echinus microtuberculatus var. univalens · unaccepted > nomen nudum (name for diploid individuals; not...)
Echinus parvituberculatus Blainville, 1834 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pulchellus L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Psammechinus microyuberculatus † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling)
Psammechinus parvituberculatus (Blainville, 1834) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Psammechinus pulchellus (L. Agassiz, 1841) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 10.12.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Psammechinus microtuberculatus © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria.
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