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
A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
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 the type genus of the family Aegiridae.[4]

Species

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Species in the genus Aegires include:[2]

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

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  1. ^ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
  2. ^ a b c "Aegires". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
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