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