Aegires

Aegires
	A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Aegiridae
Genus:	Aegires; Lovén, 1844
Synonyms
	Aegires (Anaegires) Odhner, 1934; Aegirus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation, introduced in synonymy); Anaegires Odhner, 1934; Serigea F. Nordsieck, 1972; Triopella G.O. Sars, 1878;

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.

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.

Species

Species in the genus Aegires include:

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

↑ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
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↑ Vietti, RC; Balduzzi, A (1991). "Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia". 32 (2): 211–217. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.