''Gastropteron'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small colorful
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
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Gastropteridae
Gastropteridae, the bat-winged slugs, is a family (biology), family of sea slugs, gastropod molluscs in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Philinoidea of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails. The greatest diversity of thes ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Gastropteron. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181211 on 2015-06-30]
Species
Species within the genus ''Gastropteron'' include:
* ''
Gastropteron bicornutum''
Baba & Tokioka, 1965
* ''
Gastropteron chacmol''
Gosliner, 1989
* ''
Gastropteron hamanni''
Gosliner, 1989
* ''
Gastropteron japonicum''
Tokioka & Baba, 1964
* ''
Gastropteron odhneri''
Gosliner, 1989
* ''
Gastropteron pacificum''
Bergh, 1894
* ''
Gastropteron rubrum''
(Rafinesque, 1814)
* ''
Gastropteron sibogae''
Bergh, 1905
* ''
Gastropteron sinense''
A. Adams, 1861
* ''
Gastropteron vespertilium''
Gosliner & Armes, 1984 – flapping dingbat
* ''
Gastropteron viride''
Tokioka & Baba, 1964
Synonymy:
* ''Gastropteron alboaurantium''
Gosliner, 1984 = ''
Siphopteron alboaurantium''
(Gosliner, 1984)
* ''Gastropteron brunneomarginatum''
Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = ''
Siphopteron brunneomarginatum''
(Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
* ''Gastropteron cinereum''
Dall, 1925 = ''
Gastropteron pacificum''
Bergh, 1894
* ''Gastropteron citrinum''
Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = ''
Siphopteron citrinum''
(Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
* ''Gastropteron flavobrunneum''
Gosliner, 1984 = ''
Siphopteron flavobrunneum
''Siphopteron'' is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Siphopteron'' include:
* '' Siphopteron alboaurantium'' (Gosliner, 1984)
* '' Siphopteron brunneomarginatum'' ( ...
''
(Gosliner, 1984)
* ''Gastropteron flavum''
Tokioka & Baba, 1964 = ''
Siphopteron flavum''
(Tokioka & Baba, 1964)
* ''Gastropteron fuscum''
Baba & Tokioka, 1965 = ''
Siphopteron fuscum''
(Baba & Tokioka, 1965)
* ''Gastropteron ladrones''
Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = ''
Siphopteron ladrones''
(Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
* ''Gastropteron meckeli''
Blainville, 1825 = ''
Gastropteron rubrum''
(Rafinesque, 1814)
* ''Gastropteron michaeli''
Gosliner & Williams, 1988 = ''
Siphopteron michaeli''
(Gosliner & Williams, 1988)
* ''Gastropteron pohnpei''
Hoff & Carlson, 1983 = ''
Siphopteron pohnpei''
(Hoff & Carlson, 1983)
References
Gastropteridae
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