Atagema

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Atagema
Atagema rugosa 001.jpg
Atagema rugosa on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Gray, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927[2]
  • Petelodoris Bergh, 1882[2]
  • Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878[2]
  • Trippa Bergh, 1877[2]

Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[3][4]

Species[]

Species so far described in this genus include:[3]

Species inquerenda
  • Atagema africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
synonyms
  • Atagema hispida (d'Orbigny, 1834): synonym of Diaulula hispida (d'Orbigny, 1834)
  • 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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2001). Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133(2): 103-198
  3. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Atagema Gray, 1850. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137659 on 2016-07-13
  4. ^ 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
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