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Acanthocidaris hastigera
- Usual depth98–278 m
- Water temperature25–26 °C
- Best monthsApril and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Acanthocidaris hastigera is a species of sea urchin of the family Cidaridae. It was first described in 1907 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Acanthocidaris hastigera”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 98–278 m · Deepest record: 805 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–26 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Acanthocidaris hastingeria
Similar species
Ten-lined UrchinEucidaris metularia
- Imperial urchin
Phyllacanthus imperialis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 17 open-data records from 1902 to 1982.
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