Prionocidaris baculosa Crown-spined Pencil Urchin

Prionocidaris baculosa is commonly referred to as Crown-spined Pencil 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.

Profile

lexID:

11110 

AphiaID:

214642 

Scientific:

Prionocidaris baculosa 

German:

Kronenstacheliger Lanzenseeigel 

English:

Crown-spined Pencil Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Cidaroida (Order) > Cidaridae (Family) > Prionocidaris (Genus) > baculosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Aldabra Group, Australia, China, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Moluccas, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Red Sea, Sri Lanka, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, 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:

38 - 141 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Coral reefs, Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.97" - 6.69" (5cm - 17cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Detritus, Invertebrates, omnivore, Snails, Sponges, Worms 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

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:

• Prionocidaris australis
• 
  Prionocidaris baculosa
  Kronenstacheliger Lanzenseeigel
• Prionocidaris bispinosa
• 
  Prionocidaris callista
  Lanzenseeigel
• Prionocidaris glandulosa
• Prionocidaris hawaiiensis
• Prionocidaris pistillaris
• Prionocidaris popeae
• Prionocidaris thomasi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-11 09:49:05 

Last edit:

2026-04-16 19:56:39 

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