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This species has been observed on Reunion Island

Order : Cephalaspidea Superfamily : Philinoidea Family : Gastropteridae Distribution : Philippine, Indonesia, Australia and Réunion Maximal size : 5mm Abundance : Species characteristics : White with yellow, and orange lines on parapodial,headshield and posterior shield The long posterior end of the head and posterior shield have an orange coloration
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Monica Bachel Reunion, La Possession, 7 m, 7 December 2014

Remarks :

Looks like Siphopteron sp. 5 in Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Gosliner, Valdés and Behrens, 2015 and Siphopteron quadrispinosum

Bibliographic data :

References :

Philippines Seaslug site : Siphopteron makisig

Publications :

Ong E., Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2017). Like a bat out of heaven: the phylogeny and diversity of the bat-winged slugs (Heterobranchia: Gastropteridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180(4): 755-789.

Other photos of Siphopteron makisig :

Photo Sully Bachel Reunion, Barachois, 7 m, 14 December 2014

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