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Species of gastropod

Aegires hapsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Aegiridae
Genus: Aegires
Species: A. hapsis
Binomial name
Aegires hapsis
Fahey & Gosliner, 2004

Aegires hapsis is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.

Distribution

This species was described from Horseshoe Cliffs, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. It has also been reported from Queensland, Australia and probably has a wider Indo-Pacific distribution.

References

  1. ^ Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2004). A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Aegiridae Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Phanerobranchia) with Descriptions of Eight New Species and a Reassessment of Phanerobranch Relationships. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55(34): 613-689.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires hapsis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-07
  3. Fahey, S. J. & Gosliner, T. M., 2005 (July 8) Aegires hapsis Fahey and Gosliner, 2004. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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Aegires hapsis
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