''Siphopteron'' 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
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
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s in the
family
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Gastropteridae.
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
[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. .]
References
Gastropteridae
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