Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.
General characteristics
(Original description) The respiratory gills are significantly reduced and positioned at the distal end of the dorsal sac.
Species
Species so far described in this genus include:
- Atagema alba <small>(O'Donoghue, 1927)</small> hunchback doris
- Atagema anceps <small>(Bergh, 1890)</small>
- Atagema boucheti <small>Valdés & Gosliner, 2001</small>
- Atagema browni <small>T. E. Thompson, 1980</small>
- Atagema carinata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)</small> - type species
- Atagema echinata <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Atagema gibba <small>Pruvot-Fol, 1951</small>
- Atagema hispida <small>(A. d'Orbigny, 1836)</small>
- Atagema intecta <small>(Kelaart, 1858)</small>
- Atagema kimberlyae <small>Innabi, Stout & ÃÂ. Valdés, 2023</small>
- Atagema molesta <small>(M. C. Miller, 1989)</small>
- Atagema notacristata <small>Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008</small>
- Atagema ornata <small>(Ehrenberg, 1831)</small>
- Atagema osseosa <small> Kelaart, 1858</small>
- Atagema papillosa <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
- Atagema rugosa <small>Pruvot-Fol, 1951</small> rugby-ball dorid, spined dorid
- Atagema scabriuscula <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Atagema sobanovae <small>(Innabi et al., 2023)</small>
- Atagema spinosa <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
- Atagema spongiosa <small> (Kelaart, 1858)</small>
- Atagema triphylla <small>(Bergh, 1892)</small>
- Atagema tristis <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1864)</small>
Species inquirenda:
- Atagema africana <small>Pruvot-Fol, 1953</small>
- Atagema albata <small>(Burn, 1962)</small>
synonyms:
- Atagema paagoumenei <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>: synonym of Atagema spongiosa <small>(Kelaart, 1858)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Atagema prea <small>(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)</small> is a synonym of Sclerodoris prea <small>(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)</small>
- Atagema quadrimaculata <small>Collier, 1963</small>: synonym of Atagema alba <small>(O'Donoghue, 1927)</small>
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