Mesocentrotus franciscanus   (Agassiz, 1863)

Red Sea urchin

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Echinoidea | Camarodonta | Strongylocentrotidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 125 m (Ref. 95072).  Temperate; 71°N - 32°N, 141°E - 117°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Northern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - 5 cm Max length : 19.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 128652); max. reported age: 200 years (Ref. 128652)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Harvestable size is around 9-10 cm test diameter (4-5 years in age) (Ref. 121955). Found in relatively high energy environments on open rocky intertidal and subtidal shores (Ref. 121802). Herbivorous grazer in nearshore habitats (Ref. 121801). Kelp forest species (Ref. 121804). Found in concentrated amount at the apex of the holdfast of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 121803).

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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.1 - 10.7, mean 8.6 (based on 90 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.08).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.