Aegires

Aegires
A live individual of the 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 Lovén, 1844
Synonyms
Aegirus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation, introduced in synonymy) Anaegires Odhner, 1934 Serigea F. Nordsieck, 1972 Triopella G.O. Sars, 1878

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Aegires is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.

Aegires is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.

Species in the genus Aegires include:

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