DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Prionocidaris baculosa
- Usual depth5–113 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsJune and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 19 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–113 m · Deepest record: 196.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ノコギリウニ
- Korean
- 톱니관극성게
- Simplified Chinese
- 環鋸棘頭帕海膽, 鋸棘頭帕
Other scientific names: Cidaris (Cidaris) baculosa, Cidaris (Leiocidaris) baculosa, Cidaris (Rhabdocidaris) baculosa, Cidaris baculosa, Cidaris krohnii, Cidaris lima, Cidaris ornata, Cidarites baculosa, Leiocidaris baculosa, Leiocidaris cidaris, Phyllacanthus baculosa, Phyllacanthus baculosus, Rhabdocidaris baculosa, Schleinitzia crenularis
Similar species
Ten-lined UrchinEucidaris metularia
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 219 open-data records from 1816 to 2019.
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