Tambja affinis | |
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A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
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]
Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background. [4]
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