Tambja sp. 4 ? from the Philippines

April 5, 2006
From: Franca Wermuth

Hello Bill
I think this is an example of Tambja sp.4  from the Tambja affinis colour group, could that be? I found that beautiful nudibranch in about 40m under a black coral.

Locality: Romblon Island, 40m, Romblon Province, Philippines, South China sea, January 2006, under a black coral. Length: 5cm. Photographer: Franca Wermuth.

Franca

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Wermuth, F., 2006 (Apr 5) Tambja sp. 4 ? from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16491

Dear Franca,
Thanks for this interesting find. I don't think we have all the Tambja affinis group sorted out as yet. If the background colour of your animal was green I would have had no hesitation in saying it was Tambja olivaria. Certainly the gill colour and arrangement of the yellow pattern identical. It also looks like Tambja sp. 4 - which could possibly be a colour form of T. olivaria. At present, specimens of Tambja sp. 4 have only been recorded from the Solomon Ids and Papua New Guinea so your animal from the Philippines could be another link between Tambja sp. 4 and T. olivaria. I'll put it on the Tambja sp. 4 - but not with much conviction.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 5). Comment on Tambja sp. 4 ? from the Philippines by Franca Wermuth. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16491

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