Ornate Batwing Seaslug (species: Sagaminopteron ornatum) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sagaminopteron ornatum
Ornate Batwing Seaslug


©Anne Hoggett: Sagaminopteron ornatum from Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. 1 cm long.

©Anne Hoggett: Sagaminopteron ornatum from Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. 1 cm long.

©Anne Hoggett: Sagaminopteron ornatum from Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. 1 cm long.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cephalaspidea
Family Gastropteridae
Genus Sagaminopteron
Species Sagaminopteron ornatum

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Anthes, N. (2006). Mating conflicts and their evolution in simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slugs, Ph.D. thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany. LIRS catalog number 976.
  • Anthes, N. and N.K. Michiels (2007). Reproductive morphology, mating behaviour, and spawning ecology of cephalaspid sea slugs (Aglajdae and Gastropteridae), Invertebrate Biology, 126: 335-365. LIRS catalog number 1117.
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