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Tambja abdere Concealed Tambja

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lexID:
7817 
AphiaID:
527359 
Scientific:
Tambja abdere 
German:
Neosternschnecke 
English:
Concealed Tambja 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Polyceridae (Family) > Tambja (Genus) > abdere (Species) 
Initial determination:
Farmer, 1978 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Gulf of California 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2015-01-01 13:34:28 

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Tambja abdere Farmer, 1978

The background colour is turquoise blue-green with yellow-ochre lines and spots, separated by black lines.All sea slugs Genus Tambja are food specialists.Rhinophores and gills are purple tiped. They feed exclusively on moss animals (bryozoans). Tambja abdere feed on Sessibugula translucens.

Eaten by Tyrannodoris leoniis.

Synonym:
Tambja fusca

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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