Atagema

Atagema
Atagema rugosa on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Gray, 1850
Type species
Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Synonyms
list
  • Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927[1]
  • Petelodoris Bergh, 1882[1]
  • Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878[1]
  • Trippa Bergh, 1877[1]
  • Trippa (Phlegmodoris) Bergh, 1878 junior subjective synonym

Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae. [2] [3]

General characteristics

(Original description) The respiratory gills are significantly reduced and positioned at the distal end of the dorsal sac. [4]

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:[2][5]

Species inquirenda
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. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Atagema Gray, 1850. 17 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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 this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ 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. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1152...45I. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1152.98258. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10194415.
  • 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.