Tambja oliva from the Maldives

November 30, 2009
From: Mónica Alonso

Hello:

We are a couple of amateur naturalists and we found this specimen of (Tambja sp.) during a diving safari in Maldives (North Male Atoll, South Male Attoll, Ari atoll)

Locality: North Male Atoll, South Male Attoll, Ari Atoll, 10 m, Maldives, Indic, 02 May 2008. Length: 10 - 15 mm. Photographer: Monica Alonso & Luis Abad.

Monica Alonso & Luis Abad

monicaalonso091170@hotmail.com

Alonso, M. & Abad, L., 2009 (Nov 30) Tambja oliva from the Maldives. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22840

Dear Mónica,

This is an interesting puzzle. I am pretty sure it is the species I am calling Tambja sp. 6. It doesn't have a name and apart from its characteristic colour it has distinctly large oral tentacles more in keeping with the genus Roboastra. There are a few other species, such as T. tentaculata with similar oral tentacles.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Nov 30). Comment on Tambja oliva from the Maldives by Mónica Alonso. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22840

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Tambja sp. 6

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