Aegires evorae
Appearance
Aegires evorae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Aegiridae |
Genus: | Aegires |
Species: | A. evorae
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Binomial name | |
Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015[1]
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Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.[2]
The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Calhetinha, in the northeast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e 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