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

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 9). Comment on Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15535

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