Atagema alba, common name the hunchback doris, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]
| Hunchback doris | |
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| Atagema alba (live specimen) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. alba |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
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A single individual was collected, measuring 30 mm in length and 11 mm in width during active crawling.
Distribution
editThis species has been reported from Monterey Bay, California, USA south to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.[4]
Ecology
editThis dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.
References
edit- ↑ O'Donoghue, C. H. (1927). Notes on a collection of nudibranchs from Laguna Beach, California. Journal of Entomology & Zoology, Pomona College 19(1-4):77-119, pls. 1-3.
- 1 2 Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927). 17 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Bertsch H. & Gosliner T.M. (1986) Anatomy, distribution, synonymy, and systematic relationships of Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927) (Nudibranchia: Doridacea). The Veliger 29(1): 123-128.
- ↑ Behrens, D. (2005). Atagema alba The Slug Site.
- O'Donoghue, C. H. (1927). Notes on a collection of nudibranchs from Laguna Beach, California. Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Pomona Coll. 19:77-119.
External links
edit- Collier, C.L. (1963). "A new species of the genus Atagema, a genus new to the Pacific Northeast (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Veliger. 6 (2).
- MacFarland, F.M. (1966). "Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. 6: 1–546.