Aegires evorae
Aegires evorae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Aegiridae |
Genus: | Aegires |
Species: | A. evorae |
Binomial name | |
Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015[1] | |
Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[2]
The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer.[1]
Distribution
This species was described from Caletinha, northwest of the Isla de Sal, Cape Verde Islands.[1]
Description
Aegires evorae has a cream-white body with a patchy brown overlay which is broken by regularly spaced, circular patches of darker brown dots. The rhinophores have a distinctive narrow band of brown below the tip.[1]
Ecology
This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Moro, L. & Ortea, J.A., (2015). Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Vieraea 43, 21-86
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-09
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