Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
They are usually seen at night along lagoon reefs or on pinnacles. They hide buried in sand pockets by day.
Synonymised names
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Alectrion glans nipponensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted
Buccinum lineatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Buccinum suturale Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa intermedia Dunker, 1866 · unaccepted (invalid; not Forbes, 1844)
Nassa suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassarius (Alectrion) glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Direct children (5)
Subspecies Nassarius glans glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans fenwicki Kilburn, 1972 accepted as Nassarius fenwicki Kilburn, 1972
Subspecies Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) accepted as Nassarius particeps (Hedley, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
They are usually seen at night along lagoon reefs or on pinnacles. They hide buried in sand pockets by day.
Synonymised names
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Alectrion glans nipponensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted
Buccinum lineatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Buccinum suturale Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa intermedia Dunker, 1866 · unaccepted (invalid; not Forbes, 1844)
Nassa suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassarius (Alectrion) glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Direct children (5)
Subspecies Nassarius glans glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans fenwicki Kilburn, 1972 accepted as Nassarius fenwicki Kilburn, 1972
Subspecies Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) accepted as Nassarius particeps (Hedley, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
