Siphopteron quadrispinosum
Gosliner, 1989
Photographed by: Ariel Lee
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Gastropteridae |
| Species: | Siphopteron quadrispinosum |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #8683
Siphopteron quadrispinosum seems to be a very variable species of Siphopteron. One characteristic feature is the dark line that runs across the parapodia.Many experts differ in their opinions of what constitutes different species because they do not know (nobody does!) the limits of variability of individual species. It is best to leave things as they are on Nudi Pixel for now until things are better understood.
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #11873
Many experts differ in their opinions of what constitutes different species because they do not know (nobody does!) the limits of variability of individual species. It is best to leave things as they are on Nudi Pixel for now until things are better understood.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #32670
It seems this species has a great deal of intraspecific colour variation depending on the region it comes from. The only constant characters are the red siphon and flagellum.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Bali (4) Jul, Oct
- Kenya
- Watamu (2) Dec
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- North East Coast (1) Aug
- Long Dong (1) Aug
- Malaysia
- Perhentian (1) Jun
- Australia
- Queensland (1) Oct
