Aegires gomezi

Aegires gomezi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.[2] It can be differentiated from can be other Atlantic species of this genus by its colour pattern, its labial armature with different series of rods, its isolated mushroom-shaped tubercles, the ridges on its mantle, and its rapid body movements.[3]

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

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen found under a stone at 1 m depth at the natural pool of Hotel Comodoro, Havana, Cuba, 23°6′N 82°26′W.[1]

References
  1. 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.
  3. ORTEA, JESUS; LUQUE, ANGEL A.; TEMPLADO, JOSE (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): 333–337. doi:10.1093/mollus/56.3.333. ISSN 0260-1230.
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