Atagema intecta
| Atagema intecta | |
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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. intecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859) | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 23) Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858b). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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