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Siphopteron quadrispinosum Batwing Slug

Siphopteron quadrispinosum is commonly referred to as Batwing Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6670 
AphiaID:
599458 
Scientific:
Siphopteron quadrispinosum 
German:
Fledermausschnecke 
English:
Batwing Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Siphopteron (Genus) > quadrispinosum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner, 1989 
Occurrence:
Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 0.2" (0.5 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Cnidaria, Food specialist 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-12-21 18:34:55 

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Siphopteron quadrispinosum Gosliner, 1989

Siphopteron quadrispinosum is growing to a maximum length of 5 mm. The body colour is bright yellow, the siphon is orange-red in colour. The colour can differ between the Papua New Guinean and Haiwaiian populations.

This species lives at depths to 27 m on sandy bottom among Halimeda kanaloana algae. It can swimm,when disturbed.

It feeds on the sand-dwelling anemone, Mesacmaea.

External links

  1. Homepage Bo Davidson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Sea Slug Forum _archiv (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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