Tambja sagamiana

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tambja sagamiana

Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Doridina
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]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Description
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
3. ↑ "The Sea Slug Forum - Tambja sagamiana". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615111229/http://seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=tambsaga. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
4. ↑ "The Sea Slug Forum - Nembrotha milleri". 15 July 2010. http://www.seaslugforum.net/nembmill.htm.

* 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

* Tambja sagamiana page at nudipixel

Wikidata ☰ Q3980584 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambja sagamiana. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Tambja_sagamiana&oldid=20043"