CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	24 325005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Siphopteron leah Klussmann-Kolb & Klussmann, 2003
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 325 Gastropteridae (bat-wing seaslugs) - show full list
Common Name:	[a bat-wing seaslug]
Organism Type:	a bat-wing seaslug
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 325903 Siphopteron spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species has been considered to be the same as Siphopteron quadrispinosum, but recent genetic data supports it as distinct.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0dbf6efc-b70b-4b32-b0ef-6e416d40f53e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599458 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Klussmann-Kolb, A., Klussmann, A., 2003. A new species of Gastropteridae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Cephalaspidea) from tropical northeast Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 156: 1-12.
Scientific Name verified against:	Ong, E., Hallas, J.M., Gosliner, T.M., 2017. Like a bat out of heaven: the phylogeny and diversity of the bat-winged slugs (Heterobranchia: Gastropteridae)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 180: 755-789.

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