Toxopneustes roseus Flower Sea Urchin

Toxopneustes roseus is commonly referred to as Flower Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3619 

AphiaID:

513609 

Scientific:

Toxopneustes roseus 

German:

Rosen-Seeigel 

English:

Flower Sea Urchin 

Category:

Sea Urchins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Toxopneustes (Genus) > roseus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Agassiz, ), 1863 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Panama 

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:

0 - 24 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Toxopneustes elegans
  Eleganter Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes maculatus
  Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes pileolus
  Rosen-Seeigel
• 
  Toxopneustes roseus
  Rosen-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-04-10 10:42:05 

Last edit:

2026-09-27 13:12:40 

Toxicity

Toxopneustes roseus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Toxopneustes roseus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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