Atagema carinata is a species of dorid nudibranch in the family Discodorididae.[1][2]
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| live specimen of Atagema carinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema carinata | |
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Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | |
Description
editThe length of the species attains 40 mm. The gills are small and at the end of a dorsal sack, with three lobes protecting them.[2] This species has a dorsal ridge and caryophillidia with lateral ciliated areas.[3]
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Distribution
editThis species was first recorded in the Firth of Thames in New Zealand in the 1820s, but has rarely been seen since. It appears to be a New Zealand endemic.[2]
References
edit- ↑ Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). 17 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 29) Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Valdés, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2001). "Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia- bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (2): 103–198. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00689.x – via Oxford Academic.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
edit- Quoy, J. R. and Gaimard, J. P. (1832) Voyages de découvertes de l`Astrolabe pendant les années 1826-1829 sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d`Urville. Zoologie 2: 1-686
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone