Tambja blacki

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Tambja blacki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tambja
Species:
T. blacki
Binomial name
Tambja blacki
Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006 [1]

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

Distribution

This species was originally described from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. [3]

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References

  1. Pola M.; Cervera J. L.; Gosliner T. M. (2006). Description of two new phanerobranch nembrothid species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Doridacea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 86(2): 403-409
  2. MolluscaBase (2021). MolluscaBase. Tambja blacki Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006. Accessed on 2021-02-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (July 15) Tambja blacki Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.