Predicted to enable monosaccharide binding activity and sialic acid binding activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell adhesion; negative regulation of inflammatory response; and negative regulation of phagocytosis, engulfment. Predicted to be located in external side of plasma membrane. Orthologous to human SIGLEC8 (sialic acid binding Ig like lectin 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]