Tambja fantasmalis
Ortea & Garcia Gomez, 1986
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Nembrothinae
DISTRIBUTION
Known only from Cape Verde Ids
PHOTO
Fereno, Sal Is., Cape Verde Ids, 15m. 30 March 2003. Photo: Gerard Breton.
Ground colour is blue-black with two phosphorescent green bands on the back and two on each side of the body. Rhinophores, including their sheaths are dark blue. There are five tripinnate gills, dark blue on their outer side with two green lines on their lower half. The gills are green on the inner side of their lower half and blue on the upper half. The edge of the notum and the tail are both smooth.
References:
• Ortea, J.A. & Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1986). Descripción de una nueva especie de Tambja Burn, 1962 (Mollusca: Nudibranchiata) del Archipélago de Cabo Verde. PublicaÇoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia, 7: 1-4
• Schick, K.L. & Cervera, J.L. (1998). Description of a new species in the genus Tambja Burn, 1962 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Polyceratidae) from Southern Spain. The Veliger, 41(4): 344-350
Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 4) Tambja fantasmalis Ortea & Garcia Gomez, 1986. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/tambfant
Related messages
Re: Tambja fantasmalis from Cabo Verde Islands
September 7, 2003
From: Juan Lucas Cervera
Dear Bill,
Re Gerard's photo - You are right.
Lucas.
lucas.cervera@uca.es
Cervera, J.L., 2003 (Sep 7) Re: Tambja fantasmalis from Cabo Verde Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10906Thanks Lucas,
It's always good to get confirmation from those who know the animals from firsthand experience
Best wishes
Bill
Tambja fantasmalis from Cabo Verde Islands
September 4, 2003
From: Gérard Breton
Dear Bill,
Here is another message from my dive trip between 22 - 30 March 2003 to two islands of the Cape Verde Archipelago: Sal and Fogo.
Data: Fereno, Sal Island, 15m.
Is this a species of Roboastra? I have seen it during previous travels in Sal in 1996 and 1999.
Gérard Breton
Gerard.Breton@ville-lehavre.fr
Breton, G., 2003 (Sep 4) Tambja fantasmalis from Cabo Verde Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10755Dear Gérard,
This is not a species of Roboastra, but is, I think, Tambja fantasmalis, a member of the similar looking genus, Tambja, members of which feed on arborescent bryozoans. This species is known only from a very few records, and as far as I know, all of them are from the Cape Verde Archipelago
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
