Tambja affinis

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Tambja affinis
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A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya
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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

Nembrotha 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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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]

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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.