Re: Tambja gratiosa? from North Carolina

July 21, 2005
From: Ray Simpson

Hey, this species [message #14281] kind of resembles the mystery polycerid from Mike Miller's site: http://slugsite.us/bow/cox_11a.jpg
They call it a Roboastra and the body shape and placement of gills/oral tentacles/rhinophores is the same... interesting since this individual was photographed in the Gulf of Mexico...

Ray

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Simpson, R., 2005 (Jul 21) Re: Tambja gratiosa? from North Carolina. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14291

Dear Ray,
I discussed this animal some time ago on the Forum [11625 ]. I am pretty sure it is the same species and both certainly fit the external dscription of Nembrotha gratiosa which I discuss in a separate message [#14292 ].

The photo on Mike Miller's site is of a very small specimen, probably about 1/2 inch long. It was photographed by Carol and Bob Cox at the location where it was found, on a sponge located on a natural limestone reef about 4 miles out of the Destin Pass, Key West Florida, very near to where Bergh's original specimen was collected.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Jul 21). Comment on Re: Tambja gratiosa? from North Carolina by Ray Simpson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14291

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