Aegiridae is a

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sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

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nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

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Polyceroidea Polyceroidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Doridacea. Families Families within the superfamily Polyceroidea include: *Family Aegiridae - In Bouchet & Rocroi (200 ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015)
Aegiridae Odhner, 1941.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14 This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Aegiridae include: * Genus ''

Aegires ''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 Speci ...

'' Lovén, 1844 - the

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of the family Aegiridae * Genus '' Notodoris'' Bergh, 1875 ; Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Aegirus'' Agassiz, 1846: synonym of ''Aegires'' Lovén, 1844 * ''Anaegires'' Odhner, 1934: synonym of ''Aegires'' Lovén, 1844 * ''Serigea'' F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''Aegires'' Lovén, 1844 * ''Triopella'' G.O. Sars, 1878: synonym of ''Aegires'' Lovén, 1844

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2825521