Aegires evorae

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Aegires evorae
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A. evorae
Binomial name
Aegires evorae
Moro & Ortea, 2015 [1]

Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae. [2]

The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer. [1]

Distribution

This species was described from Calhetinha, in the northeast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands. [1]

Description

Aegires evorae has a cream-white body with a patchy brown overlay which is broken by regularly spaced, circular patches of darker brown dots. The rhinophores have a distinctive narrow band of brown below the tip. [1]

Ecology

This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Moro, L.; Ortea, J.A. (2015). "Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia)". Vieraea. 43: 21–86.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-09