Tambja affinis

Tambja affinis
A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tambja
Species:
T. affinis
Binomial name
Tambja affinis
Eliot, 1904
Synonyms

Nembrotha affinis

Tambja affinis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species was originally described from a specimen found at Zanzibar, East Africa. It has been reported from various sites in the Indian Ocean, as far east as Ningaloo Reef, western Australia

Description

Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  2. ↑ Eliot, C. (1904) On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 74: 380–406
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (August 15) Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ 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.