Tambja sp. 6? from Japan

September 19, 2002
From: Tomohiko Kurihara

Dear Bill.
Here are photos of an unknown opisthobranch. I found it at Osezaki, Suruga-bay, Japan. I found it on Bugula neritina in the daytime and when night comes,it was crawling on rock. I have ever seen this before. Is it a species of Tambja?

Osezaki, Suruga-bay, Izu-peninsula, Japan. 14 April 2002. Length: about 30mm
Sincerely,
Tomohiko Kurihara

miyamoto@info.email.ne.jo

Kurihara, T., 2002 (Sep 19) Tambja sp. 6? from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6762

Dear Tomohiko,
This is an interesting find. From your mention of it on the bryozoan Bugula I am pretty sure it is a species of Tambja. I think it is the same as the species reported today by Dong Bum from Korea. It differs in having blue ridges on the mantle and blue spots on the sides of the body, but if you look at the Korean photos you can see the ridges on the mantle.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Sep 19). Comment on Tambja sp. 6? from Japan by Tomohiko Kurihara. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6762

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