Aegires sp. 2

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Aegiretidae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific

PHOTO

Park Rynie, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, 30m. September 2000, length: 10mm. Photo: Valda Fraser.

Note added 8 July 2005: This species has been named Aegires lemocello.

Characterised by the yellow bands on the tubercles. Reported here from South Africa. I have records from eastern Australia.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 3) Aegires sp. 2 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aegisp2