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Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum Black Dotted Batwing Slug

Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum is commonly referred to as Black Dotted Batwing Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum Romblon 2022


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lexID:
8017 
AphiaID:
599449 
Scientific:
Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum 
German:
Schwarzgepunktete Fledermausschnecke 
English:
Black Dotted Batwing Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Sagaminopteron (Genus) > nigropunctatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Carlson & Hoff, 1973 
Occurrence:
Anilao, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 3 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.2" - 0.79" (0.5cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-29 14:45:09 

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Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum Carlson & Hoff, 1973

Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum is well camouflaged on the grey sponges Dysidea granulosa and Dysidea herbacea. The batwing slug feeds exclusively on Dysidea sponges.The background colour is translucent greyish with small black spots "nigropunctatum" and light grey to cream pustules.

Rhinophores are orange tiped.Usually, there are two orange spots on the headshield.

This batwing slug is seldom seen swimming.

Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum have a small shell.

External links

  1. lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg (en). Abgerufen am 29.05.2025.
  2. Revision of the Gastropteridae (Opisthobranchia: Cephalaspidea) with descriptions of a new genus and six new species , Seite 339ff (en). Abgerufen am 10.01.2022.
  3. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum, anchor bay Romblon, Philippines 2023 (CC-BY-SA)
Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

Commonly

Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum, Kwajalein
Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum, Anilao 2024
Sagaminopteron nigropunctatum Romblon 2022

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