Aegires, Loven, 1844

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 79

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026140

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FF9E-FFCA-9790-FE3BFCBEFCF7

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Plazi

scientific name

Aegires
status

 

Aegires View in CoL sp.

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Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004729, ZDR, 18 Aug. 2013, 32m, 12mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Mozambique .

Remarks. This species appears to be undescribed. The distinctive blue spots on this specimen are also present in Aegeris exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 and A. punctilucens (D’Orbigny, 1837) . However, the tubercles in A. exeches are flat on top and denser. The Mozambican speciemen is darker than A. punctilucens and differs by the presence of bifid rhinophores ( Fahey & Gosliner 2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Aegiridae

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