Aegires leuckartii is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[2]

Aegires leuckartii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Species:
A. leuckartii
Binomial name
Aegires leuckartii

Distribution edit

This species was described from Nice, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of France.[1]; also off Corsica. It has only been found on the French and Spanish coasts of the Mediterranean.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Vérany G.B. 1853. Catalogue des Mollusques Céphalopodes, Ptéropodes, Gastropodes, Nudibranches etc. des environs de Nice. Journal de Conchyliologie 4: 375-392
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-04-25
  3. ^ Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas et al. (2012-2017) Aegires leuckartii in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 15/05/2012, Accessed: 25/04/2017.