Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Aegires villosus

Photographed by: Indra Swari

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Family:	Aegiridae
Species:	Aegires villosus

This photo of an individual crawling shows the gills nicely. Often aegirids are reluctant to expose their gills.

An atypical individual with a lot of orange and hardly any white or pink on the mantle.

A typical individual. Note the smooth rhinophores without any elaboration, which are characteristic of the Aegiridae and unique among dorids. Note that the spelling Aegiridae is correct for this family (Aegiretidae is an incorrect spelling).

Locality:

• Indonesia
  • Lembeh (2) Oct
  • Ambon (1) Oct
  • Manado (1) Sep
• PNG
  • Milne Bay (1)
• Australia
  • South Australia (1) Jan
• Malaysia
  • Perhentian (1) Nov

 

Pictures of Aegires villosus

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