Black prickly nudibranch

Atagema intecta

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Max Depth

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Description

  Atagema intecta is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. Variable in size, up to 8 cm long. Very dark maroon, almost black. There are tiny prickly bumps all over its body. The feathery gills appears similar to the rest of the body. The species should ha... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Vietnam Indo-Pacific Papua New Guinea Mariana Islands +35 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

brown

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Mud and Sand

Social Behaviour

Solitary