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Siphopteron sp.02 Batwing Slug

Siphopteron sp.02 is commonly referred to as Batwing Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Siphopteron aff. makisig 3mm, reunion 2025

First observation for Reunion #172 for me
Courtesy of the author Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
15179 
AphiaID:
391593 
Scientific:
Siphopteron sp.02 
German:
Fledermausschnecke 
English:
Batwing Slug 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Siphopteron (Genus) > sp.02 (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner, 1989 
Occurrence:
Réunion  
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0,3 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, No reliable information available 
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:
2025-11-25 15:49:51 

Info

Siphopteron sp.

This species is usually found in coral rubble on shallow reefs. Nothing is known about its diet.

The photo was taken from La Reunion.

External links

  1. medslugs (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 17.09.2022.
  2. WoRMS. Abgerufen am 17.09.2022.

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Siphopteron aff. makisig 3mm, reunion 2025

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