Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Malaysia to Japan.
Size: 2 inches (5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and is seen in association with gorgonians.
Aquarium Suitability: Technically noted as a 'Deep Sea Squat Lobster,' and usually inhabits gorgonians in water deeper than 60 feet (20 m).
Rarely seen in the wild and not collected for the aquarium trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Superfamily: Galatheoidea
Family: Chirostylidae
Genus: Chirostylus
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
