Atagema spongiosa

Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)

Atagema spongiosa @ Haifa, Israel 24.07.2018 by Jonathan Levanoni

Taxonomy

	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).

Synonyms

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.

Known georeferenced records of the species: Atagema spongiosa
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:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Atagema spongiosa based on our own records.

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Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Atagema spongiosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 31/07/2018. Accessed: 20/01/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/JbTZX)

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Atagema spongiosa