Sea Mouse Urchin - Maretia planulata Marine Fish

Sea Mouse Urchin - Maretia planulata Marine FishSea Mouse Urchin (Maretia planulata) The Sea Mouse Urchin, Maretia planulata, is an unusual sand dwelling marine heart urchin with a flattened oval body, fine spines and a burrowing lifestyle. Also known as the Longspine Heart Urchin or Irregular Sea Urchin, this Indo Pacific invertebrate is best suited to mature marine aquariums with a soft sand bed, where it helps turn and process the upper layers of substrate. It is peaceful and reef safe, but it

Naturally found in shallow reef-associated habitats

It is a fish that likes to swim close to other fish to eat possible parasites

with larger aquariums preferred for pairs or if keeping with a pistol shrimp

Temperament:Peaceful and timid

This species is generally suitable for reef aquaria and is unlikely to bother most corals or invertebrates when feeding well

Specification

Special Requirements or Care Notes:Best added to a suitably sized

Diet:Primarily herbivorous to omnivorous

sponges and fishes

Blackblotch Foxface

and aggressive tank mates should be avoided

Marquesas and Society Islands