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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 sugashimaensis has been found several times inside mud rocks.
Color: grayish
Etymology: The species is named after the type locality (Sugashima Island).
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 sugashimaensis has been found several times inside mud rocks.
Color: grayish
Etymology: The species is named after the type locality (Sugashima Island).
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.
