Re: Polycerid from SE Brazil
April 13, 2005
From: Raymond Simpson
Concerning the message [#13418] about a polycerid from Brazil: On www.medslugs.de I found a picture of what seems to be this species: (Dr. Peter Wirtz) http://www.medslugs.de/photos6/Tambja_sp_F_01.jpg
I also got an email a while back from someone (unfortunately I forgot his name) who was reviewing the polcerids from the Atlantic. He was asking about the Roboastra sp. I posted from Mike Miller's site but since I didn't take the photo I had nothing to add. I did ask him about undescribed species in the West Atlantic however and he said this species is an undescribed Tambja from Brazil... he requests more info on Atlantic polycerids if anyone has pics.
See also:
http://www.medslugs.de/photos6/Tambja_sp_G_01.jpg
and what appears to be T. oliva from Brazil
http://www.medslugs.de/photos7/Tambja_sp_H_01.jpg
Raymond Simpson
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Simpson, R., 2005 (Apr 13) Re: Polycerid from SE Brazil. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13510Dear Ray,
Thanks for the reference. Certainly the shelf-like oral lappets on each side of the mouth look Tambja like, but the fore-shortened body, with almost no 'tail' made me wonder id it was something strange. Certainly Peter Wirtz's photo from Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows an animal with a much more normal body shape. Perhaps Ivan Pierozzi's animal has been damaged.
I'll put it on the Forum as Tambja sp. 7.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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