SAGAMINOPTERON ORNATUM - (TOKIOKA & BABA, 1964)
Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Philinoidea (Superfamily) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Sagaminopteron (Genus)
Batwing Slug,
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Description
Sagaminopteron ornatum has a small internal shell and a purple or white body with wide orange-margined side lobes, making it one of the most distinctive of all opisthobranchs. The species is generally found on the bottom in the vicinity of a grey sponge, but can also swim, which it does rarely by flapping the side lobes in a slow bat like motion. This sea slug is not abundant.
Etymology
It was first found in Sagami Bay, Japan which gives rise to its name Sagaminopteron.
Distribution
It is recorded from southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
Batwing Slug,
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Description
Sagaminopteron ornatum has a small internal shell and a purple or white body with wide orange-margined side lobes, making it one of the most distinctive of all opisthobranchs. The species is generally found on the bottom in the vicinity of a grey sponge, but can also swim, which it does rarely by flapping the side lobes in a slow bat like motion. This sea slug is not abundant.
Etymology
It was first found in Sagami Bay, Japan which gives rise to its name Sagaminopteron.
Distribution
It is recorded from southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.