Aegires

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Aegires

A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Doridina
Superfamily:  | Polyceroidea
Family:  | Aegiridae
Genus:  | Aegires
Lovén, 1844[1]
Synonyms[2]

* 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.[2] Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.[3]

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.[4]

## 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[4]
* Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
* Aegires gracilis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
* Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires incisus (G.O. Sars, 1872)
* Aegires incusus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires lagrifaensis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
* Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853
* Aegires malinus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* Aegires ochum Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013
* Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987
* Aegires palensis Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
* Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[4]
* 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

## References

1. ↑ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Aegires". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137628.
3. ↑ Vietti, RC; Balduzzi, A (1991). Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia. 32. pp. 211–217.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 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.

## 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.

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