Atagema spongiosa

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| genus = Atagema

| species = spongiosa

| authority = (Kelaart, 1858)Kelaart, E.F. (1858). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 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. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940453 page 108.]

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| Trippa spongiosa |

| Phlegmodoris mephitica | Bergh, 1878 }}

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Atagema spongiosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 15) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/tripspon Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Distribution

This species was described from Sri Lanka. It is reported to be widespread in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

References

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{{cite WoRMS |title=Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) |year=2022 |id=598767 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=19 February 2022}}

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Category:Discodorididae

Category:Molluscs of the Indian Ocean

Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean

Category:Gastropods described in 1858

Category:Taxa named by Edward Frederick Kelaart