Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia
August 9, 2006
From: Gary Cobb
Hi Bill!
In January, I went to Alex Headland and turned over some rocks and found this beautiful little dorid. I think it is Atagema osseosa. When I initially found it I thought it was a lamellariid. I collected it and while it was crawling I knew it was a dorid.
Locality: Alexandra Headland, sthn Queensland Australia. Locality: Depth: intertidal. Length: 24 mm.11 January 2006. Photographer: Gary Cobb
Cheers,
Gary Cobb
gary@nudibranch.com.au
Cobb, G., 2006 (Aug 9) Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15535
Dear Gary,
Thanks for the nice photos. They show the tubercles, with a crown of spicules around the tip, very well. For those of you not familiar with the term, these tubercles are known as caryophyllidia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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