Atagema Explained

Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:^{[1] [3]}

• 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 (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Atagema quadrimaculata Collier, 1963: synonym of Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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 . 10.3897/zookeys.1152.98258 . 1313-2970. free . 2023ZooK.1152...45I .