Atagema intecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Species:
A. intecta
Binomial name
Atagema intecta
(Kelaart, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Doris intecta Kelaart, 1859[2]
  • Trippa intecta (Kelaart, 1859)
  • Goniodoris erinaceus Crosse in Angas, 1864
  • Trippa affinis Bergh, 1905
  • Trippa ornata Bergh, 1905

Atagema intecta is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[1][3]

Distribution

This species was described from Sri Lanka.[2] It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[3][4]

Ecology

This dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kelaart, E. F. (1859). "Descriptions of new and little-known species of Ceylonese nudibranchiate mollusks". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 3 (16): 291–304 [302].
  3. 1 2 "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1998–2010). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858b)". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum. Reference given: 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.


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