Echinolampas crassa Lamp Urchin

Echinolampas crassa is commonly referred to as Lamp Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17299 

AphiaID:

214645 

Scientific:

Echinolampas crassa 

German:

Lampen-Seeigel 

English:

Lamp Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Echinolampadacea (Order) > Echinolampadidae (Family) > Echinolampas (Genus) > crassa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bell, ), 1880 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, South-Africa 

Sea depth:

15 - 500 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

12,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Echinolampas alexandri
• Echinolampas chuni
• 
  Echinolampas crassa
  Lampen-Seeigel
• Echinolampas depressa
• Echinolampas keiensis
• Echinolampas koreana
• Echinolampas ovata
• Echinolampas rangii
• Echinolampas sternopetala
• Echinolampas sumatrana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-03-11 13:12:58 

Last edit:

2025-03-11 13:20:36 

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