''Atagema'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, specifically
dorid
''Doridacea'' is a taxonomic grouping of dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod familie ...
nudibranch
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s. They are
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: ...
.
[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]
Species
Species so far described in this genus include:
* ''
Atagema alba''
(O'Donoghue, 1927) hunchback doris
* ''
Atagema albata''
(Burn, 1962)
* ''
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 intecta''
(Kelaart, 1858)
* ''
Atagema molesta''
(M. C. Miller, 1989)
* ''
Atagema notacristata''
Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
* ''
Atagema ornata''
(Ehrenberg, 1831)
* ''
Atagema osseosa''
Kelaart, 1859
* ''
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 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
''Sclerodoris prea'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Sclerodoris prea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: W ...
''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* ''Atagema quadrimaculata''
Collier, 1963: synonym of ''Atagema alba''
(O'Donoghue, 1927)
References
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Discodorididae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Gastropod genera