Tambja gabrielae
| Tambja gabrielae | |
|---|---|
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| Tambja gabrielae, head end towards the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| 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
Tambja gabrielae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[2][3]
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ WoRMS: Tambja gabrielae accessed : 13 October 2010]
- ↑ 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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