WoRMS taxon details
Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)
531173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531173)
accepted
Species
Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877) Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. <em>In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen.</em> theil 2, heft 11. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 429–494, plates 54–7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374025
page(s): 457, pl. 25, fig. 9; pl. 33, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 457, pl. 25, fig. 9; pl. 33, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Philippine Sea
type locality contained in Philippine Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531173 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877) Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. <em>In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen.</em> theil 2, heft 11. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 429–494, plates 54–7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374025
page(s): 457, pl. 25, fig. 9; pl. 33, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987) Baba, K. (1987). Two new green-coloured species of Tambja from Japan (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae). <em>Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 46(1):13-18. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2006) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus <i>Tambja</i> Burn, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 35(5):491-530. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 457, pl. 25, fig. 9; pl. 33, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987) Baba, K. (1987). Two new green-coloured species of Tambja from Japan (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae). <em>Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 46(1):13-18. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2006) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus <i>Tambja</i> Burn, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 35(5):491-530. [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>ZooKeys</i> 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 100. [details]
additional source Willan, R. C. & Chang, Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of <i>Tambja</i> (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. <em>Basteria.</em> 81 (1-3): 1-23., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1000556 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>ZooKeys</i> 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 100. [details]
additional source Willan, R. C. & Chang, Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of <i>Tambja</i> (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. <em>Basteria.</em> 81 (1-3): 1-23., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1000556 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]





To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tambja morosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tambja morosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)