Tambja sagamiana is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[3][2]
| Tambja sagamiana | |
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| Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tambja |
| Species: | T. sagamiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tambja sagamiana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nembrotha sagamiana Baba, 1955 | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the West Pacific Ocean around Japan, Taiwan and Korea.[4]
Description
editTambja 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
edit- ^ Baba, K. (1955). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement. 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
- ^ a b WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
- ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Tambja sagamiana". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ "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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