Biology:Atagema
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Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[1][2]
General characteristics
(Original description) The respiratory gills are significantly reduced and positioned at the distal end of the dorsal sac.[3]
Species
Species so far described in this genus include:[1][4]
- Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927) hunchback doris
- Atagema anceps (Bergh, 1890)
- Atagema boucheti Valdés & Gosliner, 2001
- Atagema browni T. E. Thompson, 1980
- Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) - type species
- Atagema echinata (Pease, 1860)
- Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Atagema hispida (A. d'Orbigny, 1836)
- Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858)
- Atagema kimberlyae Innabi, Stout & Á. Valdés, 2023
- Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989)
- Atagema notacristata Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
- Atagema ornata (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- Atagema osseosa Kelaart, 1858
- Atagema papillosa (Risbec, 1928)
- Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 rugby-ball dorid, spined dorid
- Atagema scabriuscula (Pease, 1860)
- Atagema sobanovae (Innabi et al., 2023)
- Atagema spinosa (Risbec, 1928)
- Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)
- Atagema triphylla (Bergh, 1892)
- Atagema tristis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
- Species inquirenda
- Atagema africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
- Atagema albata (Burn, 1962)
- synonyms
- Atagema paagoumenei (Risbec, 1928): synonym of Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) (junior subjective synonym)
- Atagema prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) is a synonym of Sclerodoris prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
- Atagema quadrimaculata Collier, 1963: synonym of Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atagema Gray, 1850. 17 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Gray, J.E. in Gray, M.E. (1850). Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors, etched for the use of students, vol. 4, pp. 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- ↑ Innabi, Julie; Stout, Carla C.; Valdés, Ángel (2023-03-07). "Seven new "cryptic" species of Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from New Caledonia". ZooKeys (1152): 45–95. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1152.98258. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10194415. Bibcode: 2023ZooK.1152...45I. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/98258/.
- O'Donoghue, C.H. (1927). "Notes on a collection of nudibranchs from Laguna Beach, California.". Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Pomona Coll 19: 77-119.
External links
- Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). "Kritische Untersuchung der Ehrenberg'schen Doriden.". Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Jahrbücher. 4: 63. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296901. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- >L. S. R., L. S. R. (1882). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. II". Verhandlungen der königlich-kaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 31: 219-254. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13466663.
- Bergh, L. S. R. (1878). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C. Semper (ed.) Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2, Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Band 2, Theil 2,
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