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Gastropteron chacmol Flapping Dingbat, Chacmol bat-wing sea slug

Gastropteron chacmol is commonly referred to as Flapping Dingbat, Chacmol bat-wing sea slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Flapping Dingba,Gastropteron chacmol, Cozumel, MX 2023


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lexID:
12177 
AphiaID:
420543 
Scientific:
Gastropteron chacmol 
German:
Chacmol Fledermausschnecke 
English:
Flapping Dingbat, Chacmol Bat-wing Sea Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Gastropteron (Genus) > chacmol (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner, 1989 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Brazil, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, India, Mexico (East Pacific), The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:
3 - 8 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,3cm - 1,0cm) 
Temperature:
13,3 °F - 28,2 °F (13,3°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
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:
2024-01-17 19:51:02 

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Gastropteron chacmol Gosliner, 1989

Gastropteron chacmol reach 7mm in length and are active swimmers and can burrow in sediments. The body colour is deep red to 'plum'. In some specimens yellow spots are scattered over the surface of the body. There is a bright yellow band at the parapodial edge.

The anterior edge of the head shield is bilobed with a distinct median cleft. The siphon is simple. There is a pointed flagellum on the posterior part of the visceral hump. The gill is large, consisting of 7-10 plicate leaflets.

External links

  1. reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 17.01.2024.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 06.01.2022.
  4. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Flapping Dingbat Sea Slug, Gastropteron chacmol, 2019
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Flapping Dingba,Gastropteron chacmol, Cozumel, MX 2023
Flapping Dingbat, Gastropteron chacmol (bhb 20 PC075270a sm).2020
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Flapping Dingbat Sea Slug, Gastropteron chacmol, 2019
Flapping Dingbat Sea Slug, Gastropteron chacmol, 2019

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