Siphopteron

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

Siphopteron
mating of Siphopteron quadrispinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
Family:	Gastropteridae
Genus:	Siphopteron Gosliner, 1989

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]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Siphopteron Gosliner, 1989". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 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. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2424.