Atagema scabriuscula is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. scabriuscula
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| Binomial name | |
| Atagema scabriuscula | |
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Doris scabriuscula Pease, 1860 | |
Distribution edit
This species was described from the Hawaiian Islands. It is a fairly common species in the intertidal zone and shallow water.[2]
References edit
- ^ Pease, William Harper. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
- ^ Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Atagema scabriuscula Sea slugs of Hawaii.