Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow lagoons where it encrusts dead corals, coral rubble and generally any other available hard substrates.
Aquarium Suitability: May arrive attached to live rock and possible the lower exposed areas of stony corals, where it can eat its way into its skeleton material. Removed when seen.
Furthermore, keep in mind, if a hitchhiker sponge arrives attached to a coral specimen or live rock, it is reasonable to assume that at one time it was subjected to 'air' when the specimen or rock was harvested/shipped/transferred to various storage areas, thereby endangering the ongoing lifespan of the hitchhiker sponge, as it should never to subjected to air! Therefore the ongoing culture of hitchhiker sponges is dismal at best!
Best left in the wild.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Ancorinidae
Genus: Jaspis
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
