Atagema echinata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Atagema echinata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Atagema |
Species: | A. echinata
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Binomial name | |
Atagema echinata | |
Synonyms | |
Doris echinata Pease, 1860 |
Distribution
editThis species was described from the Hawaiian Islands.[3] It has also been reported from the Mariana Islands.[4]
References
edit- ^ Pease, William Harper. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Atagema echinata (Pease, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24.
- ^ Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. Atagema echinata. Sea slugs of Hawaii, accessed 2015-10-25.
- ^ Carlson C. & Hoff P.J. (2003). The opisthobranchs of the Mariana Islands. Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Micronesica. 35-36:271-293.