An update on Tambja in the Indo-West Pacific

August 16, 2005
From: Bill Rudman

As some of you will know, and as the other messages posted on the Forum today will make clear, a recently published paper on Tambja (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005) has made a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the group. It has also caused me to make some identification changes on the Forum in groups with very similar colour patterns.

I have made new Fact Sheets for the following species

Tambja affinis
Tambja gabrielae - previously Tambja sp. 5
Tambja victoriae - previously 'Roboastra arika' in part
Tambja zulu - previously Tambja sp. 3

I have also made a new page Tambja sp. 8  for an animal that looks quite like Tambja victoriae but may be a species of Roboastra. It also appears that Tambja sp. 4  still remains nameless.

I have also made a Tambja affiinis colour group page as a quick way to identify this group of species. It seems to me it can be done from the 'head' colour alone. Let me know if you find exceptions. Organising these changes has meant quite a bit if reorganising of old messages. I have checked but if anyone finds a message obviously in the wrong place could they let me know please. Congratulations to the authors.

  • Pola, M., Cervera, J.L. & Gosliner, T. (2005) Four new species of Tambja Burn, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) from the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71: 257-267

Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Aug 16) An update on Tambja in the Indo-West Pacific. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14574

Factsheet

Tambja affinis

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