Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia, Japan, South China Sea, and south to Australia.
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow protected reef slopes and intertidal areas and usually seen at depths between 3 to 50 feet (1 - 15 m).
General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Faviidae
Genus: Goniastrea
FYI: In the wild, form submassive or encrusting colonies with high walled corallites, and usually pale brown or pink with somewhat contrasting oral discs.
Shown here for identification only.
If becoming available would have the same aquarium husbandry as Goniastrea aspera.
.jpg "Goniastrea pectinata (Plating Brain Coral)")
