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

Authors

  • Zhen-An Loo 1Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
  • Cheng-Ann Chen Borneo Marine Research Institute,Universiti Malaysia Sabah
  • Khairul Adha A. Rahim Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 93400, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Farah Diba Forestry Faculty, Tanjungpura University, 78124, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjomsa.v3i1.1889

Keywords:

Teredinidae, Dicyathifer, Sabah, description, Dicyathifer mannii

Abstract

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 measured 3.9mm in length and 3.6mm in width. The cavity is 1.2mm deep; the curve of the opening on the cone is about 98% of the depth of the cone. Inside the cone cavity, from the center, a ridge with rib-like feature runs down the length of the cavity. Only one species of Dicyathifer is recorded and the present species is the first new record described in Malaysia with some additional measurement metrics for future taxonomic identification purposes.

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Published

2019-07-31

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Loo, Z.-A., Chen, C.-A., A. Rahim, K. A., & Diba, F. (2019). First record of marine wood borer (Mollusca: Teredinidae) Dicyathifer mannii Wright (1866) in Sabah, Malaysia, with detailed measurement metrics. Borneo Journal of Marine Science and Aquaculture (BJoMSA), 3(1), 37–40. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjomsa.v3i1.1889

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019): Silver Jubilee Special Issue

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