Gastropteron viride
Tokioka & Baba , 1964

Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Superfamily: PHILINOIDEA
Family: Gastropteridae

DISTRIBUTION

Japan

PHOTO

UPPER: Ose-zaki, Izu peninsula, Japan, 5 June 2001, Depth: 26m, Length: approx 8mm. Photo: Haruo Kinoshita.
LOWER: Painting of holotype by Mr S. Kato. Tokioka & Baba, 1964 (Pl.10, fig. 8).

Described from a single preserved animal collected in Sagami Bay in 1956. [3.5mm long preserved]. The colour description was based on the colour painting copied alongside. The present photo differs only in the intensity of the green colour on the parapodia. In the photo of the living animal it seems that there is a well developed siphonal crest which is more typical of the genus Siphopteron than Gastropteron. Also the reduced number of outer radular teeth, as described by Tokioka & Baba, also indicate that this species may in fact belong in the genus Siphopteron.

References:
• Gosliner, T.M. (1989) Revision of the Gastropteridae (Opisthobranchia: Cephalaspidea) with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. The Veliger, 32(4): 333-381.
• Tokioka, T. & Baba, K (1964) Four new species and a new genus of the family Gastropteridae from Japan (Gastropoda : Opisthobranchia). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12(3): 201-229, Text-figs 1-15, Pls 10-13.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2002 (January 23) Gastropteron viride Tokioka & Baba , 1964 . [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/gastviri

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