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Description
Concholagernia is a genus of aberrant panoplichthids, notable for their ponderous girth, and the way the dorsal armor forms a prominent lobe. Gene sequencing suggests that the Concholagerniids are the sister group (among the panoplichthids) of the Pandoraichthids.

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C. mormo is the largest extant member of this genus. Fossil evidence suggest that modern-day representatives of the species are larger now, than when the species first appeared over 20 million years ago. Today, C. mormo is a slow swimming pelagic feeder of jellyfish, and sargassum-like algae. Exactly how it avoids predators like Cetotherium, or even other panoplichthids, is unknown.

C. balsamica is an herbivorous dweller of shallow-water, a dilletant in sea-grass beds off the eastern coast of Avigonia, if you will. Presumably, it escapes predation, either by various predator fish, or far larger, herbivorous aquavaranids through its bumpy armor, which provides an inadequate surface for biting.

C. acanthophoris is found throughout the shallow waters of Microthalassa, and the eastern coast of Khoduhan. It grazes on algae, and encrusting animals. Obviously, it avoids the attention of predators, in that smaller predators can not get a hold on it, and larger predators risk severe injury by swallowing it.

Description
Concholagernia is a genus of aberrant panoplichthids, notable for their ponderous girth, and the way the dorsal armor forms a prominent lobe. Gene sequencing suggests that the Concholagerniids are the sister group (among the panoplichthids) of the Pandoraichthids.

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C. mormo is the largest extant member of this genus. Fossil evidence suggest that modern-day representatives of the species are larger now, than when the species first appeared over 20 million years ago. Today, C. mormo is a slow swimming pelagic feeder of jellyfish, and sargassum-like algae. Exactly how it avoids predators like Cetotherium, or even other panoplichthids, is unknown.

C. balsamica is an herbivorous dweller of shallow-water, a dilletant in sea-grass beds off the eastern coast of Avigonia, if you will. Presumably, it escapes predation, either by various predator fish, or far larger, herbivorous aquavaranids through its bumpy armor, which provides an inadequate surface for biting.

C. acanthophoris is found throughout the shallow waters of Microthalassa, and the eastern coast of Khoduhan. It grazes on algae, and encrusting animals. Obviously, it avoids the attention of predators, in that smaller predators can not get a hold on it, and larger predators risk severe injury by swallowing it.