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 Sal, [Cape Verde|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.