Aegires punctilucens explained

Aegires punctilucens is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Brest, Brittany, France. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Norway, Great Britain and Ireland from Shetland south to Cornwall and from Northern France, Portugal and Spain to Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S. (2015). Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-05-25
2. Book: Editrice La Conchiglia. Giannuzzi-Savelli. Riccardo. Chemello. Renato. Cattaneo-Vietti. Riccardo. Atlas of Mediterranean nudibranchs. Atlante dei nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Roma. 1991.
3. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (January 22) Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   The maximum recorded body length is 12 mm.^[2]

   Feeding habits

   Aegires punctilucens feeds on the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia botryoides.

   External links

4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Aegires punctilucens [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Reports from Japan and Australia are likely to be cryptic species.^[2]