Ceeceenus torus Soft coral

Ceeceenus torus 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.

Profile

lexID:

12404 

AphiaID:

289582 

Scientific:

Ceeceenus torus 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Soft Coral 

Category:

Soft Corals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Paralcyoniidae (Family) > Ceeceenus (Genus) > torus (Species) 

Initial determination:

van Ofwegen & Benayahu, 2006 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, East China Sea, Japan, Northwest Pacific, Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand 

Sea depth:

20 - 24 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ceeceenus levis
  Weichkoralle
• Ceeceenus pannosus
• 
  Ceeceenus quadrus
  Weichkoralle
• Ceeceenus retractus
• 
  Ceeceenus torus
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-09-11 19:01:51 

Last edit:

2019-09-15 17:54:55 

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