Atagema ornata
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, August, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Atagema ornata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. It has been considered to be synonymous with Atagema intecta by some authors.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Atagema ornata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 14 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Doriopsis ornata, Doris (Dendrodoris) ornata, Doris ornata, Petelodoris triphylla
Similar species
Ridged Granulated DoridAtagema intecta
Bohol DiscodorisDiscodoris boholiensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 60 open-data records from 2003 to 2015.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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