Tambja sagamiana
| Tambja sagamiana | |
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| Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Tambja |
| Species: | T. sagamiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tambja sagamiana Baba, 1955[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[3]
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
- ↑ Baba, K. (1955). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement. 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=tambsaga
- 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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