Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Size: 1.5 inches (3 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef areas and lives in association with urchins.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Stegopontonia
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.
Lives mainly with Diadems, Echinothrix and Astropyga genera urchins.
