Aegires gomezi

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

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]

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 / 23.100°N 82.433°W.^[1]

References[]

^ ^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
^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Aegires gomezi Ortea, Luque & Templado, 1990. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-04-24.
^ 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.

[orig-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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