Atagema alba

Hunchback doris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Atagema
Species:	A. alba
Binomial name
Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Glossodoridiformia alba O'Donoghue, 1927 Atagema quadrimaculata Collier, 1963 Petelodoris spongicola MacFarland, 1966

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

1. 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.
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.
3. Bouchet, P. (2015). Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24.
4. Behrens, D. (2005). Atagema alba The Slug Site.