Aegires Explained

Aegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.^[1]

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.

Species

Species in the genus Aegires include:^[2]

• Aegires absalaoi Garcia, Troncoso & Dominguez, 2002
• Aegires acauda Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905
• Aegires albus Thiele, 1912
• Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930
• Aegires corrugatus Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015
• Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• Aegires gracilis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires incisus (G.O. Sars, 1872)
• Aegires incusus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires lagrifaensis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853
• Aegires malinus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires ochum Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013
• Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987
• Aegires palensis Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837) - type species of Aegires
• Aegires sublaevis Odhner, 1932
• Aegires villosus Farran, 1905

Species brought into synonymy:

• Aegires citrinus (Bergh, 1875): synonym of Notodoris citrina Bergh, 1875
• Aegires gardineri (Eliot, 1906): synonym of Notodoris gardineri Eliot, 1906
• Aegires hispidus Hesse, 1872: synonym of Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Aegires leuckarti [sic]: synonym of Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853
• Aegires minor (Eliot, 1904): synonym of Notodoris minor Eliot, 1904
• Aegires protectus Odhner, 1934: synonym of Aegires albus Thiele, 1912
• Aegires pruvotfolae Fahey & Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930
• Aegires serenae (Gosliner & Behrens, 1997): synonym of Notodoris serenae Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

External links

• Lovén S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 1(3): 48-53. German translation in: Archiv Skandinavischer Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte (Greifswald) 1: 151-156.

Notes and References

1. Vietti . RC . Balduzzi . A . 1991. Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia . 32. 2. 211–217.
2. Aegires . 137628 . 24 November 2023.
3. 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.