Atagema carinata
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| Atagema carinata | |
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| live specimen of Atagema carinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | |
Atagema carinata is a species of dorid nudibranch in the family Discodorididae.[1][2]
The length of the species attains 40 mm. The gills are small and at the end of a dorsal sack, with three lobes protecting them.[2] This species has a dorsal ridge and caryophillidia with lateral ciliated areas.[3]