Aegires ninguis

Knobbly nudibranch
Aegires ninguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Species: A. ninguis
Binomial name
Aegires ninguis
Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[1]

The knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.[2]

Distribution

This species is found off the South African coast from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth. It is found from the intertidal to at least 30 m. It is endemic.[3]

Description

The knobbly nudibranch is a small (up to 15 mm) white-bodied dorid with numerous knobbles projecting from its body. Its rhinophores emerge from knobbled sheaths.[4]

Ecology

This species may feed on encrusting sponges.

References

  1. Fahey 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. PDF.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-07
  3. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  4. ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3

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