Aegires albus
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | A. albus
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| Aegires albus | |
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Aegires protectus (Odhner, 1934) | |
Aegires albus is a species of sea slug, an nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[3] Its synonym Anaegires protectus Odhner, 1934 is the type species of the genus Anaegires Odhner, 1934 which was merged with Aegires by Wägele in 1987.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Antarctica. It has only been reported from the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Ross Sea.[4]
Description
Aegires albus was redescribed by Wägele (1987)[2] and by Troncoso et al. (1996).[5]
References
- ^ Thiele J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln". In: von Drygalski E., Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 8(5): 186-185, Georg Reimer, Berlin. page 222, table 19, figure 4.
- ^ a b c Wägele, H. (1987). "Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934". Polar Biology. 7 (5): 267–272. doi:10.1007/BF00443944.
- ^ WoRMS (2007). Aegires albus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-04-24.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 25) Aegires albus Thiele, 1912. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Troncoso, J.S.; García, F.J.; Backeljau, T.; Urgorri, V. (1996). "Faunistic and anatomical data on the Antarctic Opisthobranchia (Mollusca Gastropoda) in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" (PDF). Biologie. 66: 29–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-05.
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