New shrimp species found in reef aquarium

Member No. 1 · 06/23/2021, 02:52 AM

An interesting read

https://www.turnto10.com/news/offbea...riums-own-tank

kfisc · 06/26/2021, 05:12 PM

That is really interesting. I remember an old book from years ago that got me interested in the hobby that mentioned "dutch mini-reefs" and the German reef tank keepers as being leaders in innovation. I wonder how many new species may have actually developed in tanks, and not just hybrids.

Timfish · 07/01/2021, 07:03 AM

Fascinating! Yeah, there's a lot we still don't know. I got a Sinularia sp. Palau Green Finger in 1997 befre the El Nino event which wiped out ~90% of the Sinularia colonies. WHen I heard, incorrectly I might add, the wild species was extinct I contacted Micheal Jaines in Phoenix AZ, one of the leading experts on soft corals in the world. He identifed my colonies as Sinularia foliata. Here's the kicker, it wasn't described until 2008 when Ofwegen (2008) did a survey of Palau and identified 8 new species of Sinularia. So for 11 years I had an undescribed species in my tank. I just saw a paper published on Coelastrea aspera, closed brain coral formerly called Goniastrea aspera, is being sepperated into different species.

https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/justaccepted/IS21025

Member No. 1 · 07/01/2021, 07:54 AM

Cool!, Thanks for the info.

06/23/2021, 02:52 AM	#1
Member No. 1 Ver. 2.1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rehoboth, MA Posts: 1,803	New shrimp species found in reef aquarium An interesting read https://www.turnto10.com/news/offbea...riums-own-tank __________________ Pete "I never make mistakes... I thought I did once, but I was wrong" Current Tank Info: In the process - http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2661614

07/01/2021, 07:03 AM	#3
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	Fascinating! Yeah, there's a lot we still don't know. I got a Sinularia sp. Palau Green Finger in 1997 befre the El Nino event which wiped out ~90% of the Sinularia colonies. WHen I heard, incorrectly I might add, the wild species was extinct I contacted Micheal Jaines in Phoenix AZ, one of the leading experts on soft corals in the world. He identifed my colonies as Sinularia foliata. Here's the kicker, it wasn't described until 2008 when Ofwegen (2008) did a survey of Palau and identified 8 new species of Sinularia. So for 11 years I had an undescribed species in my tank. I just saw a paper published on Coelastrea aspera, closed brain coral formerly called Goniastrea aspera, is being sepperated into different species. https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/justaccepted/IS21025 __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

07/01/2021, 07:54 AM	#4
Member No. 1 Ver. 2.1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rehoboth, MA Posts: 1,803	Cool!, Thanks for the info. __________________ Pete "I never make mistakes... I thought I did once, but I was wrong" Current Tank Info: In the process - http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2661614

06/26/2021, 05:12 PM	#2
kfisc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	That is really interesting. I remember an old book from years ago that got me interested in the hobby that mentioned "dutch mini-reefs" and the German reef tank keepers as being leaders in innovation. I wonder how many new species may have actually developed in tanks, and not just hybrids.