Aegires
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
- ^ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vietti RC, Balduzzi A (1991). Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia 32(2). pp. 211–217.
- ^ WoRMS: Aegires; accessed : 4 October 2010
- ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm