Taringa halgerda
February 18, 2017
Tambja gabrielae
February 17, 2017
Order : NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder : EUCTENIDIACEA
Infraorder : DORIDACEA
Superfamily : POLYCEROIDEA
Family : Polyceridae
Subfamily : Nembrothinae
DISTRIBUTION
Tropical Western Pacific, and as far south as northern New Zealand.
This is a large species of Tambja growing to about 70mm long. It is usually black with blue markings, but a dark green colour is found in specimens from the cooler waters of New South Wales, Australia, and northern New Zealand. Like all species of Tambja, it feeds on arborescent (plant-like) bryozoan colonies.
