Atagema sp. 06

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Atagema sp. 06
Author: Undescribed
Order: Nudibranchia Family: Discodorididae
Maximum Size: 35 mm
Sightings: Sunshine Coast
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Atagema sp. 06
The animal is light brownish purple with darker patches between a complex network of ridges, resembling the oscula of sponges, evenly distributed over the body. The darker patches are depressions that are not covered with tubercles and appear larger anteriorly. The patches between the ridges can be seen to be filled with a white reticulum.The medial ridge is covered with a number of small caryophyllidia. A prominent hump is situated midway along a dorsal ridge that runs from between the rhinophores to the gill pocket. The caryophyllidia have a cylindrical base and a central knob surrounded by spicules. The rhinophoral sheaths are elongate, ruffled apically and also covered with caryophyllidia. The rhinophores are the same colour as the rest of the body; the branchial leaves were not visible in the photographs. The mantle margin is much wider than the foot. The oral tentacles appear conical in shape. The ventral colour is lighter than the dorsum with the previously mentioned white reticulum being the dominant feature. The conical oral tentacles can be seen on the specimen’s left.
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Atagema albata
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Atagema ornata
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Atagema osseosa
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Atagema sp. 01
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Atagema sp. 02
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Atagema sp. 03
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Atagema sp. 04
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Atagema sp. 05
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Atagema sp. 06
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Atagema spongiosa
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Carminodoris estrelyado
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Carminodoris flammea
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Carminodoris nodulosa
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Carminodoris pustulata
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Carminodoris sp. 01
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Carminodoris sp. 02
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Carminodoris sp. 03
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Carminodoris sp. 04
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Discodorid sp. 01
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Discodorid sp. 02
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Discodoris boholiensis
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Discodoris cebuensis
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Discodoris coerulescens
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Discodoris lilacina
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Discodoris sp. 01
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Discodoris sp. 03
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Discodoris sp. 04
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Discodoris sp. 05
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Discodoris sp. 06
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Discodoris sp. 07
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Geitodoris sp. 02
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Halgerda albocristata
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Halgerda aurantiomaculata
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Halgerda brunneomaculata
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Halgerda elegans
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Halgerda sp. 01
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Halgerda sp. 02
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Halgerda sp. 03
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Halgerda tesselata
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Halgerda willeyi
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Jorunna cf. ramicola
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Jorunna funebris
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Jorunna pantherina
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Jorunna parva
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Jorunna ramicola
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Jorunna sp. 02
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Jorunna sp. 03
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Jorunna sp. 04
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Jorunna sp. 05
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Jorunna sp. 06
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Jorunna sp. 07
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Paradoris dubia
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Peltodoris sp. 01
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Platydoris cruenta
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Platydoris ellioti
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Platydoris formosa
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Platydoris inframaculata
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Platydoris inornata
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Platydoris sabulosa
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Platydoris sanguinea
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Rostanga arbutus
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Rostanga bifurcata
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Rostanga crawfordi
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Rostanga sp. 01
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Rostanga sp. 03
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Rostanga sp. 04
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Sclerodoris apiculata
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Sclerodoris cf. tuberculata
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Sclerodoris coriacea
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Sclerodoris sp. 01
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Sclerodoris sp. 02
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Sclerodoris sp. 03
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Sclerodoris sp. 04
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Sclerodoris sp. 05
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Sclerodoris sp. 06
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Sclerodoris sp. 07
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Sclerodoris sp. 08
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Sclerodoris sp. 09
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Sclerodoris tuberculata
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Sebadoris cf. nubilosa
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Sebadoris fragilis
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Thordisa albomacula
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Thordisa sp. 01
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Thordisa tahala
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Thordisa villosa