Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Onchidoridoidea > Family Aegiridae > Genus Aegires

Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Polycera Cuvier, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aegires*	Lovén, 1844	accepted genus name
*Aegirus*	Agassiz, 1846	synonym
*Triopella*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym

Species group names

*Aegirus hispidus*	Hesse, 1872	synonym
*Doris maura*	Forbes, 1840	synonym
*Polycera horrida*	Hesse, 1872	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Fahey, S. J. & Gosliner, T. M. (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. ser. 4, 55(34): 613–689.
additional source	Edmunds, M. (2013). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Onchidorididae and Aegiridae, with a checklist and a review of the ecology and diversity of the Doridoidea. Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 423–438.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aegires punctilucens (A. d'Orbigny, 1837). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138706