Tambja sp.

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

* Tambja sp. Figure 16I

Material examined.

One specimen 4 mm, TT.

Ecology.

Recorded from soft sediment habitats beyond the fringing coral reef where it was found on Bugulidae spp. Depth 12-25 m.

Distribution.

Tambja sp. 2 ( Gosliner et al. 2018) is known from the Philippines and Indonesia. Here representing a first record for Thai waters. All available photographs show this species on the arborescent bryozoans of the family Bugulidae .

Figures

Figure 16. A Gymnodoris sp. 3 12 mm B Gymnodoris nigricolor 5 mm C Gymnodoris cf. nigricolor 6 mm D Gymnodoris sp. 4 9 mm E Plocamopherus tilesii 90 mm F Polycera sp. 12 mm G Tambja amakusana 6 mm (photograph by Richard Brinke) H Tambja pulcherrima 40 mm (photograph by Liam Kelly) I Tambja sp. 4 mm (photo by Kaitlyn Harris) J Thecacera sp. 6 mm K Anteaeolidiella sp. 15 mm L Aeolidiopsis harrietae 17 mm.