Selection: Atagema sp. 02

Atagema sp. 02 Genus: Bergh, 1877

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This is an undescribed species of the genus Atagema. I call it Atagema sp. 02, to distinguish it from other species of Atagema.
It has a light greyish-pink background colour and is covered with minute opaque white spots. Distinctive are the lighter mid-dorsal hump, the highly elevated rhinophore sheaths, and the gill pocket, which is elongate, extending posteriorly. The rhinophores and the gills are also greyish-pink.
It is Atagema sp. 3 in
Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books.
Gig Harbor, Washington. 426pp. at page 185