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Aegires serenae (Gosliner & Behrens 1997) [Notodoris]
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Aegires serenae is characterised by its colour pattern, ranging
in colour from dull white to grey-green with scattered raised black spots.
The most characteristic difference is the development of 3 long extrabranchial
appendages which shield the three distinct gills. It feeds on the calcareous
sponge Leucetta chagosensis.
It was first placed in the genus Notodoris. I'm following the recent paper:
Fahey S.J. & T.M. Gosliner. 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, 82
figs., 4 tables. and place the genus Notodoris into Aegires.
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