Yellow Nudibranch

Aegires citrinus

• Group: Nudibranch

A small yellow sea slug of rocky reefs, it hides under stones from the intertidal into shallow water. Like others in its family it feeds on calcareous sponges, rasping at the encrusting growth with a file like tongue.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Doridida › Aegiridae › Aegires

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 531079.