Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Size: 2 inches (5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits reef rubble areas.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Will eat anything it can catch.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Protosquillidae
Genus: Haptosquilla
FYI: May arrive hidden in live rock or stony corals.
Unsuitable for home aquariums.
Remove when feasible.
To safely remove, once you are sure what rock it's hiding in, simply take that rock out of the water and place on a piece of eggcrate that is covering an empty pail. Within a few minutes, the mantis will crawl out of its hole looking for another secure 'submerged' hole and fall into the pail.
Keep your fingers away from this creature!
Shown here for identification only.
