Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from offshore atolls including Turneffe Islands, Lighthouse, Glover's Reef atolls, Belize Barrier Reef in the vicinity of Carrie Bow Cay (Refs. 86570, 856574, 87247), Elbow Cay, Northeast Cay, westernmost of the Bird Cays, Fisherman's Cay, Little Cat Cay, northernmost of the Lagoon Cays, Tarpum Cay (Ref. 86570) and Water Cay Range on Thalassia beds (Ref. 86574). C: Refs. 86565, 86570, 83942, 87247.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Brown-Saracino, J., P. Peckol, H.A. Curran and M.L. Robbart, 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Carolinus variegated urchin, ... more

Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Camarodonta () > Toxopneustidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 50 m (Ref. 83942). Tropical; 37°N - 33°S, 99°W - 28°W

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Central Atlantic: from USA to Brazil, throughout the Caribbean.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 415)

This an epibenthic, subtidal species found in seagrass (Ref. 83942), particularly Thalassia beds and lagoonal mangrove cays (Ref. 86574).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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.