Atagema intecta is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. intecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Sri Lanka.[1] It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[3][4]
Ecology
editThis dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.
References
edit- ^ a b Kelaart, E. F. (1859). "Descriptions of new and little-known species of Ceylonese nudibranchiate mollusks". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 3 (16): 291–304 [302].
- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (1998–2010). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858b)". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum. Reference given: Kelaart, E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84–139.