Aegires exeches

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Aegires exeches
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Species:
A. exeches
Binomial name
Aegires exeches
Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 [1]

Aegires exeches is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Hekili Point, Maui, Hawaii. It has been reported from Japan, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-07
  3. ↑ Fahey, S. J. & Gosliner, T. M., 2005 (July 5) Aegires exeches Fahey and Gosliner, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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