Tenerodus pollex Soft Coral

Tenerodus pollex is commonly referred to as Soft Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12525 

AphiaID:

1049642 

Scientific:

Tenerodus pollex 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Soft Coral 

Category:

Soft Corals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Leptophytidae (Family) > Tenerodus (Genus) > pollex (Species) 

Initial determination:

McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

7 - 11 Meter 

Size:

2,4 cm 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 69.8 °F (16°C - 21°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tenerodus fallax
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Tenerodus pollex
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-11-02 16:32:28 

Last edit:

2019-11-03 10:34:54 

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