Tambja abdere from Mexico

September 25, 2002
From: Carlos C. Ramos Mantecon


I've found your website very interesting and informative. I don't have experience or wide knowledge about slugs, but I have observed many different species right here, in Huatulco, State of Oaxaca, South Pacific of Mexico.

I'm sending you two pictures of a very common slug resident on this area. I've tried to find it on your website, but it looks almost impossible - there are hundreds of them!. These pictures were taken at 50 ft of water with a Nikonos IV-A, 35 mm lens and a tube extension. The bottom was rock, on November, 1998.

There is another species very similar in color , but it has a longitudinal mantles, making it to look like letuce leaves.
I would like to send my pictures. Probably they'll be of interest for the nudibranchs fans.

Saludos.
Carlos

charlie_diver@hotmail.com

Ramos Mantecon, C.C., 2002 (Sep 25) Tambja abdere from Mexico. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7951

Dear Carlos,
Thanks for the photos. Your animal is Tambja abdere, which is only found on the Pacific coast of central America. It feeds on bryozoans, and in turn is hunted and eaten by another nudibranch, Roboastra tigris which is very similar in shape and colour. Have a look at the other messages on this page and the Roboastra tigris page for some background information. I look forward to any other 'sea slug' photos you are able to send.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Sep 25). Comment on Tambja abdere from Mexico by Carlos C. Ramos Mantecon. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7951

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