Tambja sp. 4 - colour variation

January 17, 2002
From: Mary Jane Adams

Hi Bill,
When I was in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, in October, 2001, I dived the "Old Slipway" to see if I could find Tambja sp. 4. This divesite is a muck divers paradise, richly endowed with many species of nudibranchs and other interesting sand dwellers. I found numerous Tambja sp. 4 and a couple of Tambja morosa. The Tambja sp. 4 varied greatly in color pattern from light to dark green with yellow to gold spots and
streaks. I found several of them crawling over the sand slope and many of them concentrated on a white filamentous material, apparently feeding. I dived this site in late afternoon dive and again about 9
pm. I saw more of them on the filamentous stuff at night than in the afternoon. I have dived around Kavieng many times in the past nine years, but this was the first time I have dived at the "Old Slipway" and the first time I have ever seen Tambja sp. 4. The animal in the bottom right photo seems to have lost its gills

Best regards,
Mary Jane

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Adams, MJ. , 2002 (Jan 17) Tambja sp. 4 - colour variation. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5972

Dear Mary Jane,
Thanks for this collection of photos. The white filamentous stuff does appear to be a bryozoan colony of some sort.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jan 17). Comment on Tambja sp. 4 - colour variation by Mary Jane Adams. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5972

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