Atagema spongiosa
| Atagema spongiosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. spongiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)[1] | |
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Atagema spongiosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Sri Lanka. It is reported to be widespread in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ Kelaart, E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84-139. page 108.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 15) Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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