First record of marine wood borer (Mollusca: Teredinidae) Dicyathifer mannii Wright (1866) in Sabah, Malaysia, with detailed measurement metrics

• Main Authors: Loo, An zHEN, Chen, Cheng Ann, Khairul Adha A. Rahim, Farah Diba
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UMS 2019
• Subjects: QL1-991 Zoology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35599/2/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35599/1/FULLTEXT.6.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35599/; https://doi.org/10.51200/bjomsa.v3i1.1889
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The present study describes the new record of Dicyathifer mannii under the family Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Sampling was conducted in the mangrove area of Kuala Penyu and sample was collected from dead wood debris. The pallets of Dicyathifer is half-conical in shape and 8mm in length. The cone m...