Tambja

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Tambja sagamiana.jpg | image_caption = Tambja sagamiana in Sukumo Bay, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, head end towards the right | taxon = Tambja | authority = Burn, 1962

Tambja is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.

Biology

These nudibranchs feed on bryozoans. They have a radula which bears a rachidian tooth whose upper margin is either smooth or notched; the lateral tooth has two crowns, and the other teeth are so flat as to resemble plates.

Species

Species in the genus Tambja include:

The nominal species Tambja amakusana Baba, 1987, T. mediterranea Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015, and T. oliva Meyer, 1977 have been placed in the new genus Martadoris.

References

References

  1. Burn, R.F. (1962) Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 25: 95-128.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138046 ''Tambja'' Burn, 1962.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. (2006). "Description of two new phanerobranch nembrothid species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Doridacea)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.
  4. (2006-01-09). "The Sea Slug Forum - Home".
  5. Pola M., Valles Y., Cervera J. L., Medina M. & Gosliner T. M. (2006). "Taxonomic status of ''Tambja abdere'' and ''T. fusca'' based on morphological and molecular evidence, with comments on the phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae)". ''[[Annales Zoologici Fenici]]'' '''43''': 52-64. [http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/nudibranchs/anzf43-052.pdf PDF].
  6. (2014-12-01). "Going further on an intricate and challenging group of nudibranchs: description of five novel species and a more complete molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Polyceridae)". Cladistics.
  7. Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). ''Report on the nudibranchs. Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-1878) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-1880), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lleut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding.'' '''19'''(3)(3), 155-181 Pls.1-3. [172-5, Pl.2 figs 1-5. Pl.3 figs 1-4]
  8. Pola P. M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2005). "A new species of ''Tambja'' (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Nembrothinae)". ''[[Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom]]'' '''85'''(4): 979-984. [http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/nudibranchs/Pola2005stego.pdf PDF].
  9. Domínguez M., Pola M. & Ramón M. (2015) "A new species of ''Tambja'' (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta". ''[[Helgoland Marine Research]]'' '''69''': 429. {{doi. 10.1007/s10152-015-0429-4.
  10. Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.

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