Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indian Ocean: Red Sea.
Natural Environment: Inhabits reef slopes.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Best left in the wild.
Note: For a photo of this sponge, visit the Baensch Marine Atlas Vol. 2, page 97.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Callyspongiidae
Genus: Callyspongia
FYI: Feeds by drawing water in and through its pores and filtering out bacteria and organic particles, then expelling the filtered water out through the osculi.
Clusters of pale lavender long tubes about 24 inches (60 cm) high.
