Aegires
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 | |
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| A live individual of the knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Aegiridae |
| Genus: | Aegires Lovén, 1844 |
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Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.
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