WoRMS taxon details
Holotype USNM 32614, geounit Enewetak Atoll [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal or subtidal depths. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Engebi Island (Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet corallicola is a New Latin adjective meaning 'inhabitant of corals' or 'living in corals', and is composed by the Greek noun coral, followed by the Latin suffix -cola, meaning 'inhabitant' or 'one who inhabits', and refers presumably to the habitat of the species, which was found living in coral rock. [details]
Habitat Coral rock, probably at intertidal or subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Ocean side of Engebi (= Enjebi) Island, Enewatak (= Eniwetok) Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 11.663°, 162.245°). [details]
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