Aegires ortizi | |
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Dorsal view of Aegires ortizi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Aegiridae |
Genus: | Aegires |
Species: | A. ortizi |
Binomial name | |
Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987 [1] | |
Aegires ortizi is a species of sea slug, an nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.
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The specific name ortizi is in honour of Dr. Manuel Ortiz from the Center for Marine Research, University of Havana. [1]
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Distribution of Aegires ortizi includes Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Venezuela, Cuba and Panama. [2]
Body is elongate. [2] Tubercles are large, varying from conical to mushroom-shaped, with flat tops in some individuals. [2] Gill leaves forming a semicircle on the posterior portion of the dorsum. [2] Background color is usually mottled white, sometimes with noticeable brown spots. [2] It is up to 8 mm long. [2] [3]
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m. [3]
A single specimen was found on cyanobacteria over coral rubble and sand patches in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. [2] In the Bahamas this species has been found on algae of the genera Cladophora and Sargassum . [2]
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