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Tambja sagamiana
Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Genus:	Tambja
Species:	T. sagamiana
Binomial name
Tambja sagamiana Baba, 1955
Synonyms
Nembrotha sagamiana Baba, 1955

Tambja sagamiana is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the West Pacific Ocean around Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

Description

Tambja sagamiana is blue with yellow to orange pustule-like spots all over its body. The spots are outlined in black. It has green gills and black rhinophores. The foot is yellow. This animal can reach a total length of at least 110 mm.

References

1. Baba, K. (1955). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement. 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
2. ^ WoRMS : Tambja sagamania accessed : 13 October 2010]
3. "The Sea Slug Forum - Tambja sagamiana". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
4. "The Sea Slug Forum - Nembrotha milleri". 15 July 2010.

• 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

External links

• Tambja sagamiana page at nudipixel

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