Tambja sagamiana

Tambja sagamiana
Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tambja
Species:
T. sagamiana
Binomial name
Tambja sagamiana
Baba, 1955[1]
Synonyms[2]

Nembrotha sagamiana Baba, 1955

Tambja sagamiana is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[3][2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the West Pacific Ocean around Japan, Taiwan and Korea.[4]

Description

Tambja sagamiana is blue with yellow to orange pustule-like spots all over its body. The spots are outlined in black. It has green gills and black rhinophores. The foot is yellow. This animal can reach a total length of at least 110 mm.

References

  1. ^ Baba, K. (1955). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement. 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
  3. ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Tambja sagamiana". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Nembrotha milleri". 15 July 2010.
  • Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2006) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Tambja Burn, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). Zoologica Scripta 35(5):491-530
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