Atagema carinata

Atagema carinata
live specimen of Atagema carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Atagema
Species:	A. carinata
Binomial name
Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Atagema carinata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the species attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This species was first recorded in the Firth of Thames in New Zealand in the 1820s, but has rarely been seen since. It appears to be a New Zealand endemic. ^[2]

References

1. Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) . 17 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 29) Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Quoy, J. R. and Gaimard, J. P. (1832) Voyages de découvertes de l`Astrolabe pendant les années 1826-1829 sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d`Urville. Zoologie 2: 1-686</ref>
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone