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Shaggy aegires
Aegires villosus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 531083, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Shaggy aegires
- Scientific
- Aegires villosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Family
- Aegiridae
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, white to cream nudibranch with a body covered in short, soft knobs. Its relatives feed on calcareous sponges, often in shaded places.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=49, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Aegires-villosus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531083
- inaturalist.org /taxa/467975
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.