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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]

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.^[4]

Species in the genus Aegires include:^[2]

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

^ Lovén S. L. (1844). Ofvers. K. Vet. Acad. Förh. 1(3): 49.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegiridae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-08.
^ Vietti RC, Balduzzi A (1991). "Relationship between radular morphology and food in the Doridina (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Malacologia 32(2)": 211–217. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2004). 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.