Siphopteron Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Siphopteron Gosliner, 1989 . Marinespecies.org . 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. .