Aegires

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Aegires
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A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Lovén, 1844 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Aegires (Anaegires) Odhner, 1934
  • AegirusAgassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation, introduced in synonymy)
  • AnaegiresOdhner, 1934
  • SerigeaF. Nordsieck, 1972
  • TriopellaG.O. Sars, 1878

Aegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. [2] Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges. [3]

Contents

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae. [4]

Species

Species in the genus Aegires include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh.1(3): 49.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aegires". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Vietti, RC; Balduzzi, A (1991). "Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia". 32 (2): 211–217.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2004). A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Aegiridae Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Phanerobranchia) with Descriptions of Eight New Species and a Reassessment of Phanerobranch Relationships. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(34): 613-689.
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