Atagema

Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.^[3][4]

Atagema
Atagema rugosa on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Atagema Gray, 1850[1]
Synonyms
Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927[2] Petelodoris Bergh, 1882[2] Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878[2] Trippa Bergh, 1877[2]

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:^[3][5]

• Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927) hunchback doris
• Atagema albata (Burn, 1962)
• Atagema anceps (Bergh, 1890)
• Atagema boucheti Valdés & Gosliner, 2001
• Atagema browni T. E. Thompson, 1980
• Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) - type species
• Atagema echinata (Pease, 1860)
• Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol, 1951
• Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858)
• Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989)
• Atagema notacristata Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
• Atagema ornata (Ehrenberg, 1831)
• Atagema osseosa Kelaart, 1859
• Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 rugby-ball dorid, spined dorid
• Atagema scabriuscula (Pease, 1860)
• Atagema sobanovae (Innabi et al., 2023)
• Atagema spinosa (Risbec, 1928)
• Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)
• Atagema triphylla (Bergh, 1892)
• Atagema tristis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

Species inquerenda

• Atagema africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953

synonyms

• Atagema hispida (d'Orbigny, 1834): synonym of Diaulula hispida (d'Orbigny, 1834)
• Atagema prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) is a synonym of Sclerodoris prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Atagema quadrimaculata Collier, 1963: synonym of Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)