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Atagema intecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Atagema
Species:	A. intecta
Binomial name
Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)
Synonyms
Doris intecta Kelaart, 1859 Trippa intecta (Kelaart, 1859) Goniodoris erinaceus Crosse in Angas, 1864 Trippa affinis Bergh, 1905 Trippa ornata Bergh, 1905

Atagema intecta is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Sri Lanka. It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

Ecology

This dorid nudibranch feeds on sponges.

References

1. ^ Kelaart, E. F. (1859). "Descriptions of new and little-known species of Ceylonese nudibranchiate mollusks". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 3 (16): 291–304 .
2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
3. ^ "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1859)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
4. Rudman, W.B. (1998–2010). "Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858b)". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum. Reference given: Kelaart, E.F. (1858). 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.

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• Discodorididae
• Molluscs of the Indian Ocean
• Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
• Gastropods described in 1859
• Taxa named by Edward Frederick Kelaart
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