Atagema molesta

Atagema molesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Distribution

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

References

  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. ^ Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989). 21 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50