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/10992Dear 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
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