Ceratosoma tenue Kangaroo Nudibranch, Purple Edged Ceratosoma Nudibranch,Many-Lobed Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma tenue is commonly referred to as Kangaroo Nudibranch, Purple Edged Ceratosoma Nudibranch,Many-Lobed Ceratosoma. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5367 

AphiaID:

212893 

Scientific:

Ceratosoma tenue 

German:

Lila-Rand-Prachtsternschnecke, Känguru-Schnecke 

English:

Kangaroo Nudibranch, Purple Edged Ceratosoma Nudibranch,Many-Lobed Ceratosoma 

Category:

Nudibranchs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Ceratosoma (Genus) > tenue (Species) 

Initial determination:

Abraham, 1876 

Occurrence:

Africa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bunaken, Corea, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

0,5 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones 

Size:

3.54" - 5.91" (9cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ceratosoma amoenum
  Clown Prachtsternschnecke, Sweet Ceratosoma
• Ceratosoma bicolor
• 
  Ceratosoma brevicaudatum
  Kurzschwanz-Prachtsternschnecke
• 
  Ceratosoma gracillimum
  Schmale Ceratosoma, Prachtsternschnecke
• 
  Ceratosoma ingozi
  Tintenflecken-Prachtsternschnecke
• 
  Ceratosoma palliolatum
  Prachtsternschnecke
• Ceratosoma polyomma
• Ceratosoma pustulosum
• 
  Ceratosoma tenue
  Lila-Rand-Prachtsternschnecke, Känguru-Schnecke
• 
  Ceratosoma trilobatum
  Prachtsternschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ceratosoma sp.01
  Prachtsternschneck

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-01 15:18:37 

Last edit:

2023-11-04 14:05:34 

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