Tambja mullineri
| Tambja mullineri | |
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| Tambja mullineri from Galapagos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tambja |
| Species: | T. mullineri
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| Binomial name | |
| Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978
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Tambja mullineri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The species name honors the naturalist and photographer David K. Mulliner.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species is endemic to Galapagos Islands.[2] It inhabits rocky areas on wall faces.[3]
Description
[edit]Tambja mullineri can reach a maximum length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). It shows light blue longitudinal stripes on a blue background. The five gill lamellae are dark blue, with light blue outer face of each gill.[4]
Bibliography
[edit]- Farmer, W. M. (1978). "Tambja and Roboastra (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands". The Veliger. 20 (4): 375–385.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2010). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Tambja mullineri". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ "Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978". Sea Life Base.
- ^ "Tambja mullineri Farmer, 1978". Sea Slug Forum. 15 July 2010.