Tambja affinis explained

Tambja affinis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was originally described from a specimen found at Zanzibar, East Africa.^[2] It has been reported from various sites in the Indian Ocean, as far east as Ningaloo Reef, western Australia^[3]

Description

Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background.^[4]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
2. Eliot, C. (1904) On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 74: 380–406
3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (August 15) Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2006) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Tambja Burn, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). Zoologica Scripta 35(5):491-530.