| Rugby-ball dorid Atagema rugosa |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. rugosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 |
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The rugby-ball dorid, Atagema rugosa, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
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This species is found in the Mediterranean sea and around the southern African coast on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula in 10-15 m of water.[1]
The rugby-ball dorid is a small white nudibranch with black spots, a warty skin and a distinct longitudinal ridge down the middle of its back. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. It may reach a total length of 30 mm.[2]
The rugby-ball dorid feeds on sponges.