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

Aegires palensis
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. palensis
Binomial name
Aegires palensis
Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990[1]

Distribution edit

This species was described from a single 9 mm long specimen found in a sample of organic detritus at 34m depth at Bajo de Dentro, Cabo de Palos, Spain, 37°40′N 0°40′W / 37.667°N 0.667°W / 37.667; -0.667.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ortea J., Luque A. A. & Templado J. (1990). Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Aegires Lovén, 1844 (Opisthobranchia: Doridoidea: Aegiretidae) in the North Atlantic, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 56 (3): 333-338
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-04-24.