Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Eastern Africa to Hawaiian Islands and possibly seen to the west coast of Mexico.
Size: 60 inches (150 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit reef slopes and reef flats and spends its time mostly among bottom rubble and generally seen between the depths of 3 - 65 feet (1 - 20 m).
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.
Sticky to the touch and feeds on detritus and organic matter, which is sifted from the substrate.
Common in Hawaii.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Apodida
Family: Synaptidae
Genus: Euapta
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Even though they do not contain any harmful toxins, they usually perish within a few months in most captive situations, as they cannot get a sufficient amount of food.
They are best left in the wild.
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