Aegires citrinus
Pruvot-Fol, 1930

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

DISTRIBUTION

Known from various locations in Western Pacific

PHOTO

Cabilao island, Philippines. Depth: 24-26m., 28 February 2003, Length: 14mm. Photo: Erwin Koehler.

This common yellow species was named by Pruvot-Fol (1930) as a `n.sp. ou var.' from a pale yellow specimen from New Caledonia which she felt resembled the shape and size of the Mediterranean species A. leuckarti. It is most probable that the pale white specimen, tinged with yellow, from New Caledonia, that Risbec (1928) identified with A. leuckarti, is in fact a pale specimen of A. citrina. This speies is very common in eastern Australia and ranges in colour from pale, almost translucent, white, to a deep yellow depending on the colour of the sponge on which it is feeding.

  • Pruvot-Fol, A. (1930) Diagnose provisoires (incompletes) des especes nouvelles et liste provisoire des mollusques nudibranches recueillis par Mme. A. Pruvot-fol en nouvelle Caledonie (Ile des Pins). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2(2): 229-232.
  • Risbec, J. (1928) Contribution a l'etude des nudibranches Neo-Caledoniens. Faune des Colonies Francaises, 2(1): 11-328, pls.1-12.
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 2) Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/aegicitr

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Aegires citrinus from Hawaii

November 12, 2003
From: Keoki Stender

Hi Bill,
Could you ID this little slug collected during the NOW-RAMP 2002 expedition to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Perhaps it's a Polycerid?

Date: Sept. 14, 2002
Location: Maro Reef
Habitat: Dead coral head, 10 meters
Length: 10mm

Thanks,
Keoki Stender

fishpicshi@yahoo.com

Stender, K., 2003 (Nov 12) Aegires citrinus from Hawaii. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11341

Dear Keoki,
This is Aegires citrinus. Although it looks quite like a polycerid, it is most closely related to species of the genus Notodoris, which are course much larger. I have had a quick look at the literature and can't see a record from Hawaii but I may be wrong.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Nov 12). Comment on Aegires citrinus from Hawaii by Keoki Stender. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11341

Aegires citrinus? from the Philippines

July 4, 2003
From: Erwin Koehler


Dear Bill,
Attached are 2 shots from the Philippines, Cabilao island, divesite "Busstop".

Data;
Length: 14 + 11mm
Depth: 24 + 26m
Date: 28 February 2003

Do you have a name for them?
Cheers,
Erwin

Erwin@Philippine-Sea-Slugs.com

Köhler, E., 2003 (Jul 4) Aegires citrinus? from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10253

Dear Erwin,
This is Aegires citrinus. It is another relatively common Indo-West Pacific species I should have had on the Forum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jul 4). Comment on Aegires citrinus? from the Philippines by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10253