Selection: Atagema spongiosa

Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) [Doris]

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The sea-slug Atagema spongiosa is very well camouflaged. In the field it is almost invisible. I discovered my first one by chance in a tidepool. This species is labelled in almost all publications Trippa spongiosa. Concerning the change of Trippa to Atagema have a look at
Valdés, A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2001) Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133: 103-198.
More informations on Atagema spongiosa are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!