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Tambja amakusana
Baba, 1987
 
Tambja amakusana
Maximum size:  11 mm.

Identification:  This is a greenish brown species. The rhinophores, gills, cephalic tentacles and foot are tipped with dark purple.

Natural history:  Tambja amakusana is known from only three animals. One was found on the underside of a ledge in a moderately exposed location at a depth of 15 m (50 ft) and another in a Halimeda kanaloana bed at 8-9 m (25-31 ft). When offered a piece of the blue bryozoan eaten by Tambja morosa, the latter animal appeared to show some feeding motions.

Distribution:  Maui: widely distributed in the western & central Pacific.

Taxonomic notes:  First recorded in Hawaii from Makena, Maui by PF on June 26, 1998.

Photo:  CP: 4 mm: Maalaea Bay, Maui; Dec. 3, 2011.

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