Siphopteron

Siphopteron is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.[1]

Siphopteron
mating of Siphopteron quadrispinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
Philinoidea
Family:
Gastropteridae
Genus:
Siphopteron

Gosliner, 1989

Species

Species within the genus Siphopteron include:

  • Siphopteron alboaurantium (Gosliner, 1984)
  • Siphopteron brunneomarginatum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  • Siphopteron citrinum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  • Siphopteron flavobrunneum (Gosliner, 1984)
  • Siphopteron flavum (Tokioka & Baba, 1964)
  • Siphopteron fuscum (Baba & Tokioka, 1965)
  • Siphopteron ladrones (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  • Siphopteron leah Klussmann-Kolb & Klussmann, 2003
  • Siphopteron michaeli (Gosliner & Williams, 1988)
  • Siphopteron nigromarginatum Gosliner, 1989
  • Siphopteron pohnpei (Hoff & Carlson, 1983)
  • Siphopteron quadrispinosum Gosliner, 1989
  • Siphopteron tigrinum Gosliner, 1989
  • Siphopteron sp. 1[2]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Siphopteron Gosliner, 1989". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  2. Lange R., Werminghausen J. & Anthes N. (2013). "Cephalo-traumatic secretion transfer in a hermaphrodite sea slug". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281(1774): 1-6. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2424.


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