Aegires albopunctatus

Aegires albopunctatus
Aegires albopunctatus from Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, California
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. albopunctatus
Binomial name
Aegires albopunctatus
MacFarland, 1905

Aegires albopunctatus common name salt-and-pepper doris, is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[1]

This species feeds on bryozoans.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico.[2][3]

Aegires albopunctatus

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531071 on 2016-05-21
  2. "Salt-and-pepper Doris (Aegires albopunctatus)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. Rudman, W.B. (2005 July 6). "Aegires albopunctatus Macfarland, 1905". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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