Tambja sagamiana
Tambja sagamiana | |
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Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Subfamily: | Nembrothinae
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Species: | T. sagamiana
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Binomial name | |
Tambja sagamiana | |
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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.[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[]
- ^ Baba, K. (1955). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement. 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
- ^ a b WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
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- 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
External links[]
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Categories:
- Polyceridae
- Gastropods described in 1955
- Nudipleura stubs