Biology:Aegires punctilucens
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Aegires punctilucens | |
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| The nudibranch Aegires punctilucens, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Aegiridae |
| Genus: | Aegires |
| Species: | A. punctilucens
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837)[1]
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Aegires punctilucens is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Brest, Brittany, France . It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Norway , Great Britain and Ireland from Shetland south to Cornwall and from Northern France, Portugal and Spain to Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.[3] Reports from Japan and Australia are likely to be cryptic species.[4]
Description
The maximum recorded body length is 12 mm.[5]
Feeding habits
Aegires punctilucens feeds on the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia botryoides.[3]
References
- ↑ Orbigny A.D. d' (1837). Mémoire sur des espèces et sur des genres nouveaux de l'ordre des nudibranches observés sur les côtes de France. Magasin de Zoologie, 7, classe 5: 1-16, pl. 102-109.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-05-25
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Aegires punctilucens [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (January 22) Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo; Chemello, Renato; Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo (1991). Atlas of Mediterranean nudibranchs. Atlante dei nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Roma: Editrice La Conchiglia.
External links
- Photos of Aegires punctilucens on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q5053647 entry
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