Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Australia.
Size: 0.5 inch (2 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef areas and is found living with mushroom corals.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Pliopontonia
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.
Lives in association with Discosoma and Rhodactis genera.
