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

Atagema molesta
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 molesta M. C. Miller, 1989

Distribution

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

References

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  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. ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-25.