• Source: Aegires evorae
  • Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.
    The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer.


    Distribution


    This species was described from Calhetinha, in the northeast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands.


    Description


    Aegires evorae has a cream-white body with a patchy brown overlay which is broken by regularly spaced, circular patches of darker brown dots. The rhinophores have a distinctive narrow band of brown below the tip.


    Ecology


    This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea.


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