Tambja pulcherrima Willan & Chang, 2017

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Tambja pulcherrima Willan & Chang, 2017 Figure 16H

Material examined.

One specimen 40 mm, SWP.

Ecology.

Locally recorded exclusively in deep soft sediment habitats at an offshore pinnacle. Depth 25-30 m.

Distribution.

Known from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea Australia, and New Zealand ( Willan and Chang 2017). First documented from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

Remarks.

Externally, the present species matches the species recently described by Willan and Chang (2017) and was initially documented as an unidentified species of Tambja by Mehrotra and Scott (2016: fig. 2H).

Figures

Figure 16. A Gymnodoris sp. 3 12 mm B Gymnodoris nigricolor 5 mm C Gymnodoris cf. nigricolor 6 mm D Gymnodoris sp. 4 9 mm E Plocamopherus tilesii 90 mm F Polycera sp. 12 mm G Tambja amakusana 6 mm (photograph by Richard Brinke) H Tambja pulcherrima 40 mm (photograph by Liam Kelly) I Tambja sp. 4 mm (photo by Kaitlyn Harris) J Thecacera sp. 6 mm K Anteaeolidiella sp. 15 mm L Aeolidiopsis harrietae 17 mm.