Aegires albus explained

Aegires albus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.^[1] Its synonym Anaegires protectus Odhner, 1934 is the type species of the genus Anaegires Odhner, 1934 which was merged with Aegires by Wägele in 1987.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Antarctica. It has only been reported from the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Ross Sea.^[3]

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2007). Aegires albus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-04-24.
2. Wägele . H. . 1987 . Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934 . Polar Biology . 7 . 5 . 267–272 . 10.1007/BF00443944. 1987PoBio...7..267W .
3. Troncoso . J.S. . García . F.J. . Backeljau . T. . Urgorri . V. . 1996 . Biologie . 66 . Faunistic and anatomical data on the Antarctic Opisthobranchia (Mollusca Gastropoda) in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences . 29–40 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905091229/http://www.bentart.es/articulos/Troncoso_et_al__Opistobranchia_Bull_Belg.pdf . 2011-09-05 .
4. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 25) Aegires albus Thiele, 1912. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   Aegires albus was redescribed by Wägele (1987) and by Troncoso et al. (1996).^[3]

   References