Tenerodus fallax Soft Coral

Tenerodus fallax 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:

12524 

AphiaID:

1049639 

Scientific:

Tenerodus fallax 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Soft Coral 

Category:

Coralli molli 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Lüttschwager), 1922 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 22 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 69.8 °F (16°C - 21°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, 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 12:19:22 

Last edit:

2019-11-03 10:34:08 

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