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Echinoidea |
Spatangoida |
Spatangidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 800). Tropical
Entire tropical Indo-West Pacific, except Arabian Gulf, Pakistan and West India.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Occurs at depths from 0 to 60 m in sandy intertidal and seagrass areas. Feeds by non-selective deposit feeding (Ref. 824).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Echinoidea are gonochoric. Fertilization is external. Brooding is common, eggs are held either on the peristome, around the periproct or deep into the concavities on the petaloids. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (echinoplateus) and live for several months before they sink to the bottom using their tube feet to adhere on the ground where they metamorphose into young urchins.
Schoppe, S. 2000. (Ref. 800)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 28.9, mean 27.7 (based on 580 cells).
Price category
Unknown.