Atagema intecta

Atagema intecta
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. intecta
Binomial name
Atagema intecta
(Kelaart, 1859)
Synonyms
Trippa intecta

Atagema intecta is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Sri Lanka. It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[2]

Ecology

This dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.

References

  1. Kelaart, E. F. (1859). Descriptions of new and little-known species of Ceylonese nudibranchiate mollusks. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 3, 3(16):291-304.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 23) Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858b). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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