Aegires albus

Aegires albus
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. albus
Binomial name
	Aegires albus; Thiele, 1912[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Aegires protectus (Odhner, 1934); Anaegires protectus Odhner, 1934

Aegires albus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[3] Its synonym Anaegires protectus Odhner, 1934 is the type species of the genus Anaegires Odhner, 1934 which was merged with Aegires by Wägele in 1987.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Antarctica. It has only been reported from the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Ross Sea.[4]

Description

Aegires albus was redescribed by Wägele (1987)[2] and by Troncoso et al. (1996).[5]

References

Thiele J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln". In: von Drygalski E., Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 8(5): 186-185, Georg Reimer, Berlin. page 222, table 19, figure 4.
Wägele, H. (1987). "Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934". Polar Biology. 7 (5): 267–272. doi:10.1007/BF00443944.
WoRMS (2007). Aegires albus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-04-24.
Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 25) Aegires albus Thiele, 1912. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Troncoso, J.S.; García, F.J.; Backeljau, T.; Urgorri, V. (1996). "Faunistic and anatomical data on the Antarctic Opisthobranchia (Mollusca Gastropoda) in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" (PDF). Biologie. 66: 29–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-05.

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[1] Thiele J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln". In: von Drygalski E., Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 8(5): 186-185, Georg Reimer, Berlin. page 222, table 19, figure 4.

[Wägele_1987-2] Wägele, H. (1987). "Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934". Polar Biology. 7 (5): 267–272. doi:10.1007/BF00443944.

[3] WoRMS (2007). Aegires albus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-04-24.

[4] Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 25) Aegires albus Thiele, 1912. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[5] Troncoso, J.S.; García, F.J.; Backeljau, T.; Urgorri, V. (1996). "Faunistic and anatomical data on the Antarctic Opisthobranchia (Mollusca Gastropoda) in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" (PDF). Biologie. 66: 29–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-05.