Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
General characteristics (Original description) The respiratory gills are significantly reduced and positioned at the distal end of the dorsal sac.Gray, J.E. in Gray, M.E. (1850). Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors, etched for the use of students, vol. 4, pp. 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London.
Species Species so far described in this genus include:
Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927) hunchback doris Atagema anceps (Bergh, 1890) Atagema boucheti Valdés & Gosliner, 2001 Atagema browni T. E. Thompson, 1980 Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) - type species Atagema echinata (Pease, 1860) Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol, 1951 Atagema hispida (A. d'Orbigny, 1836) Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858) Atagema kimberlyae Innabi, Stout & Á. Valdés, 2023 Atagema molesta (M. C. Miller, 1989) Atagema notacristata Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008 Atagema ornata (Ehrenberg, 1831) Atagema osseosa Kelaart, 1858 Atagema papillosa (Risbec, 1928) Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 rugby-ball dorid, spined dorid Atagema scabriuscula (Pease, 1860) Atagema sobanovae (Innabi et al., 2023) Atagema spinosa (Risbec, 1928) Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) Atagema triphylla (Bergh, 1892) Atagema tristis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
Species inquirenda Atagema africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953 Atagema albata (Burn, 1962)
synonyms Atagema paagoumenei (Risbec, 1928): synonym of Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) (junior subjective synonym) Atagema prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) is a synonym of Sclerodoris prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) Atagema quadrimaculata Collier, 1963: synonym of Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)
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> Bergh, L. S. R. (1878). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C. Semper (ed.) Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2, Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Band 2, Theil 2,