Aegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.
Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.
Species Species in the genus Aegires include: Aegires absalaoi Garcia, Troncoso & Dominguez, 2002 Aegires acauda Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015 Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905 Aegires albus Thiele, 1912 Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930 Aegires corrugatus Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015 Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015 Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004Fahey 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. Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990 Aegires gracilis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015 Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires incisus (G.O. Sars, 1872) Aegires incusus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires lagrifaensis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2015 Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853 Aegires malinus Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires ochum Ortea, Espinosa & Caballer, 2013 Aegires ortizi Templado, Luque & Ortea, 1987 Aegires palensis Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990 Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 Aegires punctilucens (d'Orbigny, 1837) - type species of Aegires Aegires sublaevis Odhner, 1932 Aegires villosus Farran, 1905 Species brought into synonymy 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
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Lovén S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 1(3): 48-53. German translation in: Archiv Skandinavischer Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte (Greifswald) 1: 151-156.