Atagema carinata

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

Last updated October 28, 2025

Atagema carinata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.^[2]^[3]

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

↑ 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.
1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 29) Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25

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[1] 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.

[Forum-2] 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 29) Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[3] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25

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