Atagema carinata
| Atagema carinata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | |
Atagema carinata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]
Distribution
This species was first recorded in the Firth of Thames in New Zealand in the 1820s, but has rarely been seen since. It appears to be a New Zealand endemic.[2]
Description
Ecology
References
- ^ Quoy, J. R. and Gaimard, J. P. (1832) Voyages de découvertes de l`Astrolabe pendant les années 1826-1829 sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d`Urville. Zoologie 2: 1-686.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 29) Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25