Re: Tambja? gratiosa from NW Florida

August 10, 2005
From: Dev Clifford


Three weeks ago, on the same wreck where Mr. Segars got his photo of Tambja? gratiosa ten years ago, I found a number of these pretty yellow slugs [see message #14281 ]. My photos aren't nearly as nice as the others here, but I thought it might still be worthwhile to speak up.

Locality: Wreck of the Caribsea, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, USA,
Atlantic. Depth: 90 feet. Length: 1.5 inches. 26 July 2005. Vertical encrusted side of shipwreck. Photographer: Devereaux Clifford.

Best regards,
Dev Clifford

cliff4@optonline.net

Clifford, D.A., 2005 (Aug 10) Re: Tambja? gratiosa from NW Florida. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14519

Dear Dev,
Thanks for the information. It is certainly a valuable addition to our knowledge. Interestingly a new species of Tambja has recently been described - Tambja tentaculata Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005 - which has unique, long tentacular oral tentacles, so perhaps your animal is another Tambja with long oral tentacles, rather than a Roboastra, but we will need to look at its anatomy to be sure.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Aug 10). Comment on Re: Tambja? gratiosa from NW Florida by Dev Clifford. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14519

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