Atagema notacristata

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Atagema notacristata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Species:
A. notacristata
Binomial name
Atagema notacristata
Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008 [1]

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

Distribution

The holotype for this species was collected from Punta Uvita, Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Area de Conservación Osa, Costa Rica ( 9°08′50″N83°46′16″W / 9.14722°N 83.77111°W / 9.14722; -83.77111 ). Numerous specimens from Costa Rica were included in the original description. Further records from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico and Coiba Island, Panama were also reported.

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References

  1. Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 83(2): 367-389. page(s): 368
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Atagema notacristata Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25.