Tambja abdere from the Sea of Cortez

September 23, 2003
From: Marli Wakeling

Hi Bill,
This is another record from the Sea of Cortez [Gulf of California]. Looks like a Tambja or Nembrotha. Would you be able to identify it?
Date: Sept. 2003
Photo: Rand McMein

Cheers,
Marli Wakeling

scubamarli@excite.com

Wakeling, M., 2003 (Sep 23) Tambja abdere from the Sea of Cortez. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10992

Dear Marli,
I am pretty sure this is Tambja abdere. It looks a bit different from the photos we already have on the Forum but I think this is probbaly the colour form that was initially described as Tambja fusca, although the background colour in this specimen is more green than the 'yellowish ochre' mentioned in earlier descriptions. It also looks quite like Tambja eliora but in that species the gills and rhinophores are a dark bluish black with light blue lines while in this species they are translucent pinkish brown with black tips.

This is a nice colour variant to have on the Forum
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Sep 23). Comment on Tambja abdere from the Sea of Cortez by Marli Wakeling. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10992

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