Doublehorned Batwing Slug (Gastropteron bicornutum) — Habitat, Photos

Q: Where can you find Doublehorned Batwing Slug?

Doublehorned Batwing Slug can be found in: Bali, Australia West, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Brunei, Australia, Japan South, Thailand East, Indo-Pacific Central, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Thailand.

Gastropteron bicornutum is characterized by orange-yellow spots and minute white spots covering the surfaces of the whole cephalic shield, dorsal hump and parapodia, and by the two dorsal posterior processes from which the species gets its name. The parapodia have a thin black marginal line.

Gastropteron is a genus of small colorful sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.

Species

Species within the genus Gastropteron include:

Gastropteron bicornutum Baba & Tokioka, 1965
Gastropteron chacmol Gosliner, 1989
Gastropteron hamanni Gosliner, 1989
Gastropteron japonicum Tokioka & Baba, 1964
Gastropteron odhneri Gosliner, 1989
Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894
Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814)
Gastropteron sibogae Bergh, 1905
Gastropteron sinense A. Adams, 1861
Gastropteron vespertilium Gosliner & Armes, 1984, commonly known as the "flapping dingbat"
Gastropteron viride Tokioka & Baba, 1964

Synonomy:

Gastropteron alboaurantium Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron alboaurantium (Gosliner, 1984)
Gastropteron brunneomarginatum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron brunneomarginatum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
Gastropteron cinereum Dall, 1925 = Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894
Gastropteron citrinum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron citrinum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
Gastropteron flavobrunneum Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron flavobrunneum (Gosliner, 1984)
Gastropteron flavum Tokioka & Baba, 1964 = Siphopteron flavum (Tokioka & Baba, 1964)
Gastropteron fuscum Baba & Tokioka, 1965 = Siphopteron fuscum (Baba & Tokioka, 1965)
Gastropteron ladrones Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron ladrones (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
Gastropteron meckeli Blainville, 1825 = Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814)
Gastropteron michaeli Gosliner & Williams, 1988 = Siphopteron michaeli (Gosliner & Williams, 1988)
Gastropteron pohnpei Hoff & Carlson, 1983 = Siphopteron pohnpei (Hoff & Carlson, 1983)