Aegires villosus

Aegires villosus
Aegires villosus in the Philippines
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
Genus: Aegires
Species: A. villosus
Binomial name
Aegires villosus
Farran, 1905 [1]

Aegires villosus is a species of sea slugs. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.[1]

Distribution

Widespread Indo-West Pacific species.[2]

Diet

Aegires villosus feeds on calcareous sponges.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS World Registration of Marine Species
  2. 1 2 Sea Slug Forum .
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