| Tambja affinis | |
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| A live individual of Tambja afinis from Diani, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tambja |
| Species: | T. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tambja affinis Eliot, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nembrotha affinis | |
Tambja affinis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
This species was originally described from a specimen found at Zanzibar, East Africa. It has been reported from various sites in the Indian Ocean, as far east as Ningaloo Reef, western Australia
Description
Tambja affinis has bright yellow stripes on a blue background.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- Eliot, C. (1904) On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 74: 380–406
- Rudman, W.B., 2005 (August 15) Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- 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.
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| Tambja affinis | |
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