Aegires citrinus | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ContentsDoridacea |
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Species: | A. citrinus |
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Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol 1930 [1] | |
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Aegires citrinus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae. [2]
This species was described from New Caledonia. [1] It is common in Eastern Australia and known from the Philippines. [3] Aegris citrinus has also been found at Cabilao Island, Philippines. [3]
Aegris Citrinus is a nudibranch whose length averages about 14 mm. Its coloration may be translucent, white, or a bright yellow. This depends on the sponges it eats. [3]
Alice Pruvot-Fol was a French opisthobranch malacologist.
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Marianina is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.
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