Atagema scabriuscula

Atagema scabriuscula
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. scabriuscula
Binomial name
Atagema scabriuscula
(Pease, 1860)[1]
Synonyms

Doris scabriuscula Pease, 1860

Atagema scabriuscula is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from the Hawaiian Islands. It is a fairly common species in the intertidal zone and shallow water.[2]

References

  1. Pease, William Harper. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
  2. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Atagema scabriuscula Sea slugs of Hawaii.
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