Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Malaysia to Japan.
Size: 0.5 inch (1 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and seen in association with gorgonians, sea pens, and soft corals.
Aquarium Suitability: Small crabs that usually inhabit gorgonians, sea pens and soft corals.
Rarely seen in the wild and not collected for the aquarium trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Superfamily: Galatheoidea
Family: Porcellanidae
Genus: Lissoporcellana
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
