Atagema alba
| Hunchback doris | |
|---|---|
| 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. alba |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Glossodoridiformia alba O'Donoghue, 1927 | |
Atagema alba, common name the hunchback doris, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[3][2]
Distribution
This species has been reported from Monterey Bay, California, USA south to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.[4]
Ecology
This dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.
References
- ↑ 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 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.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24.
- ↑ Behrens, D. (2005). Atagema alba The Slug Site.
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