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Plococidaris verticillata
- Usual depth3–50 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Plococidaris is a monotypic genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Cidaridae. The only species is Plococidaris verticillata.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Plococidaris”, 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: 5 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–50 m · Deepest record: 52 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Oursin verticillé
- Japanese
- フシザオウニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 輪刺棘頭帕, 輪鏈頭帕
Other scientific names: Cidaris (Cidaris) verticillata, Cidaris (Leiocidaris) verticillata, Cidaris (Stephanocidaris) verticillata, Cidaris verticillata, Cidarites verticillata, Leiocidaris verticillata, Lhyllacanthus verticillata, Peiocidaris verticillata, Phyllacanthus verticillata, Phyllacanthus verticillatus, Phyllacanthus verticulata, Plococidaris vertillata, Prionocidaris verticillata, Rhabdocidaris verticillata
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).
- 88 open-data records from 1816 to 2017.
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