Aegires

Aegires
A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Lovén, 1844
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.

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.

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