Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-09
The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer.
Distribution This species was described from Calhetinha, in the northeast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands.
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.
Ecology This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea.
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