Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Mozambique, Seychelles, and Kenya to the Solomon Islands.
Size: 6 inches (15 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits protected coral reefs and emerges at night to hunt prey.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Best left in the wild.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asteropseidae
Genus: Asteropsis
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
.jpg "Asteropsis carinifera (Sheriff-badge Sea Star)")
