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Echinometra mathaei, Rock-boring urchin

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Echinometra mathaei   (De Blainville, 1825)

Rock-boring urchin

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Echinometra mathaei  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Echinoidea | Camarodonta | Echinometridae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 139 m (Ref. 81020).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 800)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found subtidally (Ref. 102838). Inhabits hard substrates by boring on rocks in shallow waters (Ref. 800). It is also found on fore-reefs (Ref. 87903). A grazing echinoid, predominantly scraping the substratum of turf algae (Ref. 125618). Feeds on algae (Also Ref. 129602) and small invertebrates. Associated with Athanas indica, which hides between its spines (Ref. 800). Associated with coral communities. Burrowing species (Ref. 129602).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Schoppe, S. 2000. (Ref. 800)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 28.8, mean 27.1 (based on 1386 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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