Tambja is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Tambja
Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, head end towards the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Nembrothinae
Genus: Tambja
Burn, 1962[1]

Biology

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These nudibranchs feed on bryozoans. They have a radula which bears a rachidian tooth whose upper margin is either smooth or notched; the lateral tooth has two crowns, and the other teeth are so flat as to resemble plates.[3]

Species

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Species in the genus Tambja include:[4]

The nominal species Tambja amakusana Baba, 1987, T. mediterranea Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015,[9] and T. oliva Meyer, 1977 have been placed in the new genus Martadoris.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Burn, R.F. (1962) Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 25: 95-128.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja Burn, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. ^ 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 UK. 86 (2): 403. doi:10.1017/S0025315406013269.
  4. ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Home". 2006-01-09.
  5. ^ Pola M., Valles Y., Cervera J. L., Medina M. & Gosliner T. M. (2006). "Taxonomic status of Tambja abdere and T. fusca based on morphological and molecular evidence, with comments on the phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae)". Annales Zoologici Fenici 43: 52-64. PDF.
  6. ^ Pola, Marta; Padula, Vinicius; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Cervera, Juan Lucas (2014-12-01). "Going further on an intricate and challenging group of nudibranchs: description of five novel species and a more complete molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Polyceridae)". Cladistics. 30 (6): 607–634. doi:10.1111/cla.12097. ISSN 1096-0031.
  7. ^ Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Report on the nudibranchs. Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-1878) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-1880), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lleut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. 19(3)(3), 155-181 Pls.1-3. [172-5, Pl.2 figs 1-5. Pl.3 figs 1-4]
  8. ^ Pola P. M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2005). "A new species of Tambja (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Nembrothinae)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85(4): 979-984. PDF.
  9. ^ Domínguez M., Pola M. & Ramón M. (2015) "A new species of Tambja (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta". Helgoland Marine Research 69: 429. doi:10.1007/s10152-015-0429-4.
  10. ^ Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.