Tibiriçá, Yara;Pola, Marta;Cervera, Juan Lucas
Aegires
Sign in to saveAegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyAegiridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 86
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Aegiridae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, CAS
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Antarctica, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, United States, South Africa
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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.
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