Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

* Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) Figure 12B

Material examined.

One specimen 95 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Observed upon prey sponge Dysidea sp. in deeper soft sediment habitats. Depth 14-24 m.

Distribution.

Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi and Attaran 2015), Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), India ( Apte et al. 2010), Sri Lanka ( Kelaart 1858), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), Fiji ( Brodie and Brodie 1990), Madagascar, Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, and Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 12. A Atagema intecta 25 mm (photograph by Nick Tringham) B Atagema spongiosa 95 mm C Atagema sp. 32 mm D Carminodoris cf. bifurcata 9 mm E Discodoris cebuensis 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) F Discodoris boholiensis 55 mm G Halgerda bacalusia (unknown size, photograph by Stephan Pelletier) H Jorunna funebris 87 mm I Jorunna sp. 10 mm J Peltodoris murrea 30 mm K, L Platydoris cf. formosa 35 mm, dorsal and ventral views (photographs by Kirsty Magson).