Tambja affinis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[1]

Tambja affinis
A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tambja
Species:
T. affinis
Binomial name
Tambja affinis
Eliot, 1904
Synonyms

Nembrotha affinis

Distribution

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This species was originally described from a specimen found at Zanzibar, East Africa.[2] It has been reported from various sites in the Indian Ocean, as far east as Ningaloo Reef, western Australia[3]

Description

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Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background.[4]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  2. ^ Eliot, C. (1904) On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 74: 380–406
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (August 15) Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2006) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Tambja Burn, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). Zoologica Scripta 35(5):491-530.