Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Doridoidea | |
Family | Discodorididae | |
Genus | Atagema | |
Species | Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 598767). | ||
- Phlegmodoris mephitica Bergh, 1878
- Trippa spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)
Description
Biology
Etymology
Distribution
Widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, it is considered an exotic Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean after being found for the first time in Haifa, Israel, on July 24, 2018 by Jonathan Levanoni. Identification by Dr. Richard Willan.
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
References for the species: Atagema spongiosa
- We have not yet published references for Iberian coasts of: Atagema spongiosa.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: |  |
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Bibliography
Further reading
- Dive Global
- Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol 3, pg.108
- Medslugs (Ind)
- Medslugs (Ind-NW)
- Medslugs (Med)
- Medslugs (Pac-NW)
- Medslugs (Pac-W)
- Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
- Philippine Sea Slugs
- Sea Slug Forum
- Umiushi Zukan
- Wild Singapore - Wild fact sheets
- World Register of Marine Species
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