Aegires
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Aegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae.[2] Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.[3]
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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[1] |
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Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.[4]