Tambja


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:Tambja abdere Farmer, 1978 - synonym: Tambja fuscaTambja affinis Tambja amitina nomen dubiumTambja anayana Ortea, 1989 Tambja blacki Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006Tambja brasiliensis Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014Tambja caeruleocirrus Willan & Chang, 2017Tambja capensis Tambja ceutae Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1988Tambja crioula Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014Tambja dracomus Willan & Chang, 2017Tambja diaphana - nomen dubiumTambja eliora Tambja fantasmalis Ortea & García-Gómez, 1986Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005Tambja gratiosa - synonym: Roboastra gratiosa Tambja haidari Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2006Tambja kava Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014Tambja marbellensis Tambja morosa - synonym: Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978Tambja olivaria Yonow, 1994Tambja pulcherrima Willan & Chang, 2017Tambja sagamiana Tambja simplex Ortea & Moro, 1999Tambja stegosauriformis Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005Tambja tenuilineata Miller & Haagh, 2005Tambja verconis - type speciesTambja victoriae Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005Tambja zulu Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005
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.