Aegires

Aegires
the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Aegiridae P. Fischer, 1883
Genus:	Aegires Lovén, 1844[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
synonyms of Aegiridae: Notodorididae Eliot, 1910 Aegiretidae (incorrect subsequent spelling) synonyms of Aegires: Notodoris Bergh, 1875 Triopella G.O. Sars, 1878

Aegires is a genus of dorid nudibranch that feeds exclusively on calcareous sponges.^[2][4] Images of its radula can be seen at Biologie 66: 29–40. 1996. http://www.bentart.es/articulos/Troncoso_et_al__Opistobranchia_Bull_Belg.pdf.  and W�Gele, H. (1987). "Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. Protectus Odhner, 1934". Polar Biology 7 (5): 267–272. doi:10.1007/BF00443944.  edit

Aegires is the type genus and the only genus in the family Aegiridae.^[3]

Species

Species in the genus Aegires include:^[5][6]

• Aegires absalaoi Garcia, Troncoso & Dominguez, 2002
• Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905
• Aegires albus Thiele, 1912
• Aegires citrinus (Bergh, 1875)
• Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires gardineri (Eliot, 1906)
• Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires incusus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires leuckarti Vérany, 1853
• Aegires malinus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires minor (Eliot, 1904)
• Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987
• Aegires palensis Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004^[3]
• Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Aegires serenae (Gosliner & Behrens, 1997)
• Aegires sublaevis Odhner, 1932
• Aegires villosus Farran, 1905

References

1. ^ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
2. ^ ^{a b} Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} 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. PDF.
4. ^ Vietti RC, Balduzzi A (1991). Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia 32(2). pp. 211–217. 
5. ^ WoRMS: Aegires; accessed : 4 October 2010
6. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm

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