Aegires

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title: "Aegires" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["aegiridae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/aegiridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegires" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Aegris sp. 001.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis | taxon = Aegires | authority = Lovén, 1844 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• 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 a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.{{Cite journal | last1 = Vietti |first1 = RC |last2=Balduzzi |first2=A |date=1991 | title= Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia |volume=32|issue=2 | pages= 211–217}}

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.

Species

Species in the genus Aegires include:

• • Aegires absalaoi* Garcia, Troncoso & Dominguez, 2002
• • Aegires acauda* Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905
• Aegires albus Thiele, 1912
• Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930
• • Aegires corrugatus* Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• • Aegires evorae* Moro & Ortea, 2015
• Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• • Aegires gracilis* Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires incisus (G.O. Sars, 1872)
• Aegires incusus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• • Aegires lagrifaensis* Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015
• Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853
• Aegires malinus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• • Aegires ochum* Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013
• Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987
• Aegires palensis Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990
• Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
• Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837) - type species of Aegires
• Aegires sublaevis Odhner, 1932
• Aegires villosus Farran, 1905 ;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

References

1. [[Sven Ludvig Lovén. Lovén S. L.]] (1844). ''Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh.'' '''1'''(3): 49.
2. "''Aegires''".
3. Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2004). [http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/nudibranchs/FaheyGosliner5534LR.pdf ''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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