Tambja eliora from Ecuador

August 10, 2003
From: Soledad Luna

Hello,
We found this seaslug in a locality named Los Frailes in the coast of Ecuador [South America - east Pacific] in July 2003.
We are conducting a marine biodiversity project in the mainland Ecuador. There is not much information about this group in our country. Therefore we would like you to help us identifying this specimen.
Thank you very much
Soledad Luna

soledadl@mail.usfq.edu.ec

Luna, S., 2003 (Aug 10) Tambja eliora from Ecuador. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10697

Dear Soledad,
This is Tambja eliora. As you will see from the Fact Sheet tbis species is quite common in the Gulf of California but not well-known further south. In the Gulf the colour pattern consists of blue stripes bordered with black, but from photos on the Forum from Costa Rica it seems the colour pattern changes further south and the blue stripe breaks up into a series of elongate spots. I know of no records of this species south of Costa Rica. We know little about the fauna of Ecuador so any photos of you have a opisthobranchs from your survey, even of species you can identify, would be welcome additions to the Forum
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 10). Comment on Tambja eliora from Ecuador by Soledad Luna. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10697

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