Tambja
Introduction '''''Tambja''''' is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.
Biology These nudibranchs feed on bryozoans. They have a radula which bears a rachidian tooth whose upper margin is either smooth or notched; the lateral tooth has two crowns, and the other teeth are so flat as to resemble plates.
Species Species in the genus ''Tambja'' include:* ''Tambja abdere'' Farmer, 1978 - synonym: ''Tambja fusca''* ''Tambja affinis'' (Eliot, 1904)* ''Tambja amitina'' (Bergh, 1905) nomen dubium* ''Tambja anayana'' Ortea, 1989 * ''Tambja blacki'' Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006* ''Tambja brasiliensis'' Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014* ''Tambja caeruleocirrus'' Willan & Chang, 2017* ''Tambja capensis'' (Bergh, 1907)* ''Tambja ceutae'' Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1988* ''Tambja crioula'' Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014* ''Tambja dracomus'' Willan & Chang, 2017* ''Tambja diaphana'' (Bergh, 1877) - nomen dubium* ''Tambja eliora'' (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)* ''Tambja fantasmalis'' Ortea & García-Gómez, 1986* ''Tambja gabrielae'' Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005* ''Tambja gratiosa'' (Bergh, 1890) - synonym: ''Roboastra gratiosa'' (Bergh, 1890)* ''Tambja haidari'' Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2006* ''Tambja kava'' Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014* ''Tambja marbellensis'' (Schick & Cervera, 1998)* ''Tambja morosa'' (Bergh, 1877) - synonym: ''Tambja kushimotoensis'' Baba, 1987* ''Tambja mullineri'' Farmer, 1978* ''Tambja olivaria'' Yonow, 1994* ''Tambja pulcherrima'' Willan & Chang, 2017* ''Tambja sagamiana'' (Baba, 1955)* ''Tambja simplex'' Ortea & Moro, 1999* ''Tambja stegosauriformis'' Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005* ''Tambja tenuilineata'' Miller & Haagh, 2005* ''Tambja verconis'' (Basedow & Hedley, 1905) - type species* ''Tambja victoriae'' Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005* ''Tambja zulu'' Pola, Cervera, & Gosliner, 2005The nominal species ''Tambja amakusana'' Baba, 1987, ''T. mediterranea'' Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015, and ''T. oliva'' Meyer, 1977 have been placed in the new genus ''Martadoris''.
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