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Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
Daylithos japonicus is gray, cylindrical, tapering posteriorly into a shallow cauda.
The tunic is thin, without sediment particles, grayish. Dorsal shield is flat, without depression or projection .
Body papillae minute, rounded distally, arranged in two rows per segment, anterior row with more papillae.
The new species are found mainly in Faviidae stony corals.
Etymology:
The specific name "japonicus" is a Latin adjective referring to the occurrence of the new species in Japan.
Literature reference:
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
Daylithos japonicus is gray, cylindrical, tapering posteriorly into a shallow cauda.
The tunic is thin, without sediment particles, grayish. Dorsal shield is flat, without depression or projection .
Body papillae minute, rounded distally, arranged in two rows per segment, anterior row with more papillae.
The new species are found mainly in Faviidae stony corals.
Etymology:
The specific name "japonicus" is a Latin adjective referring to the occurrence of the new species in Japan.
Literature reference:
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
