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Description
Atagema is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Discodorididae. They are small to medium-sized slugs with a warty body that feed on sponges. Species are known from the Indo-West Pacific (A. intecta) and from the Mediterranean and South Africa (A. rugosa).
Identification
The mantle is warty and a median ridge runs along the back between the rhinophores and the gills. The gills are relatively small and made of branched plumes. In the Mediterranean A. rugosa there are also pairs of black spots behind the rhinophores and in front of the gills.
Species in this genus (2)
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