Sagaminopteron pohnpei Pohnpei Batwing Slug

Sagaminopteron pohnpei is commonly referred to as Pohnpei Batwing Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17462 

AphiaID:

991534 

Scientific:

Sagaminopteron pohnpei 

German:

Pohnpei-Fledermausschnecke 

English:

Pohnpei Batwing Slug 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Sagaminopteron (Genus) > pohnpei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hoff & Carlson, ), 1983 

Occurrence:

Hawaii, Japan, Micronesia, Palau, Philippines 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 4 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Protected reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,6cm) 

Temperature:

69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Worms 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sagaminopteron bilealbum
  Gelbgepunktete Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum
  Schwarzgepunktete Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Sagaminopteron ornatum
  Verzierte Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
  Psychedelische Fledermausschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Sagaminopteron multimaculatum
  Muticolor Gefleckte Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Sagaminopteron pohnpei
  Pohnpei-Fledermausschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-05-27 13:53:10 

Last edit:

2025-05-27 14:05:09 

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