Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean
Natural Environment: Inhabits rubble and rocky shelf areas in caves and under overhangs where there are strong currents.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Best left in the wild.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Keratosa
Order: Dendroceratida
Family: Dysideidae
Genus: Lamellodysidea
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Was previously classified as Dysidea herbacea.
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.
