Atagema triphylla

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Atagema triphylla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Species:
A. triphylla
Binomial name
Atagema triphylla
(Bergh, 1882) [1]
Synonyms

Petelodoris triphylla Bergh, 1882

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.

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References

  1. Bergh, L. S. R. (1882). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. II. Verhandlungen der königlich-kaiserlich Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 31:219-254, pls. 6-10.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Atagema triphylla (Bergh, 1892). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-26.