Tambja gabrielae

Tambja gabrielae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[2][3]

Tambja gabrielae
Tambja gabrielae, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Nembrothinae
Genus:
Tambja
Species:
T. gabrielae
Binomial name
Tambja gabrielae
Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005[1]
Side view of Tambja gabrielae

Distribution

This species is found in Sulawesi (Indonesia), Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[4]

Description

Tambja gabrielae has bright yellow or orange spots on a dark green to almost black background.

References
  1. Pola M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. (2005). "Four New Species of Tambja Burn, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) from the Indo-Pacific". Journal of Molluscan Studies 71(3): 257-267. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi034 abstract.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. WoRMS: Tambja gabrielae accessed : 13 October 2010]
  4. http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/tambgabr
  • 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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