Atagema notacristata

Atagema notacristata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Atagema notacristata
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. notacristata
Binomial name
Atagema notacristata
Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008[1]

Distribution

The holotype for this species was collected from Punta Uvita, Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Area de Conservación Osa, Costa Rica (9°08′50″N 83°46′16″W). Numerous specimens from Costa Rica were included in the original description. Further records from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico and Coiba Island, Panama were also reported.

References
  1. Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 83(2): 367-389. page(s): 368
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Atagema notacristata Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25.
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