Cestum veneris Venus Girdle

Cestum veneris is commonly referred to as Venus Girdle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10600 

AphiaID:

106363 

Scientific:

Cestum veneris 

German:

Venusgürtel 

English:

Venus Girdle 

Category:

Ctenophora 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cestida (Order) > Cestidae (Family) > Cestum (Genus) > veneris (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lesueur, 1813 

Occurrence:

Zirkumsubtropisch, China, Circumtropic, cosmopolitan species, European Coasts, France, Gulf of Mexico, Italy, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), Moluccas, New Zealand, North-West-Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

0 - 139 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

31.5" - 59.06" (80cm - 150cm) 

Temperature:

8,6 °F - 86 °F (8,6°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Zooplankton 

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:

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  Cestum veneris
  Venusgürtel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-04-04 20:29:17 

Last edit:

2025-06-23 16:52:35 

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