title: Gastropteron
text: # Gastropteron
  
  Gastropteron is a genus of small colorful sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Gastropteron include:
  
  * Gastropteron bicornutum Baba & Tokioka, 1965
  * Gastropteron chacmol Gosliner, 1989
  * Gastropteron hamanni Gosliner, 1989
  * Gastropteron japonicum Tokioka & Baba, 1964
  * Gastropteron odhneri Gosliner, 1989
  * Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894
  * Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814)
  * Gastropteron sibogae Bergh, 1905
  * Gastropteron sinense A. Adams, 1861
  * Gastropteron vespertilium Gosliner & Armes, 1984 – flapping dingbat
  * Gastropteron viride Tokioka & Baba, 1964
  
  Synonymy:
  
  * Gastropteron alboaurantium Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron alboaurantium (Gosliner, 1984)
  * Gastropteron brunneomarginatum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron brunneomarginatum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  * Gastropteron cinereum Dall, 1925 = Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894
  * Gastropteron citrinum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron citrinum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  * Gastropteron flavobrunneum Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron flavobrunneum (Gosliner, 1984)
  * Gastropteron flavum Tokioka & Baba, 1964 = Siphopteron flavum (Tokioka & Baba, 1964)
  * Gastropteron fuscum Baba & Tokioka, 1965 = Siphopteron fuscum (Baba & Tokioka, 1965)
  * Gastropteron ladrones Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron ladrones (Carlson & Hoff, 1974)
  * Gastropteron meckeli Blainville, 1825 = Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814)
  * Gastropteron michaeli Gosliner & Williams, 1988 = Siphopteron michaeli (Gosliner & Williams, 1988)
  * Gastropteron pohnpei Hoff & Carlson, 1983 = Siphopteron pohnpei (Hoff & Carlson, 1983)
  