Tambja affinis
Tambja affinis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[1]
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| A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tambja |
| Species: | T. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tambja affinis Eliot, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nembrotha affinis | |
Distribution
This species was originally described from a specimen found at Zanzibar, East Africa.[2] It has been reported from various sites in the Indian Ocean, as far east as Ningaloo Reef, western Australia[3]
Description
Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background.[4]
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- Eliot, C. (1904) On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 74: 380–406
- Rudman, W.B., 2005 (August 15) Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- 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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