Gastropteron
Sign in to saveGastropteron is a genus of small colorful sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCephalaspidea
- FamilyGastropteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Gastropteridae
- Collections
- CAS, TMAG, SAMA, AM, WAM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Australia, Timor-Leste, Bahamas
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- Parent taxon
- Gastropteridae
- Image
- Gastropteron bicornutum.jpg
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Gastropteron is a genus of small colorful sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.
==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
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