Genus Atagema Gray, 1850

Atagema Gray 1842-50 [1850]: 104. Type species: Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 [= Atagema carinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)], by monotypy.

Trippa Bergh 1877: 63. Type species: Trippa ornata Bergh, 1877 [= Atagema ornata Ehrenberg, 1831], by original designation.

Phlegmodoris Bergh 1878: 593. Type species: Phlegmodoris mephitica Bergh, 1878 [= Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)], by subsequent designation by Valdés and Gosliner (2001).

Petelodoris Bergh, 1881: 227-228. Type species: Petelodoris triphylla Bergh, 1881 [?= Atagema ornata (Ehrenberg, 1831)], by monotypy.

Glossodoridiformia O’Donoghue, 1927: 87-89. Type species Glossodoridiformia alba O’Donoghue, 1927 [= Atagema alba O’Donoghue, 1927], by original designation.

Remarks.

For an in-depth discussion of the characteristics of the genus Atagema and its synonyms see Valdés and Gosliner (2001).