Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Philippines to Palau and eastern Australia.
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef slopes and lagoons and usually seen at depths between 6 to 65 feet (2 - 20 m).
General Husbandry: See Favia danae for suggested aquarium husbandry.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Faviidae
Genus: Favia
FYI: In the wild, the colonies are generally submassive and encrusting with corallites more closely spaced/compacted and generally pinkish brown with darker corallite inner walls and pale oral discs.
