Atagema molesta

Atagema molesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Atagema
Species:	A. molesta
Binomial name
Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989) [1]
Synonyms
Trippa molestaM. C. Miller, 1989

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

Distribution

This species was described from the intertidal zone at Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island, Leigh, New Zealand.

References

1. Miller, M. C. (1989). Trippa molesta, a new dorid nudibranch (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16(2):243-250.
2. Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989) . 21 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• 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.
• Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50

External links

• 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