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Scientific name:

Tambja capensis

Common name:

Black nudibranch

Taxonomy

Phyulm	Sub Phylum	Class	Sub Class	Order	Sub Order	Family	Sub Family	Genus	Species
Mollusca	Not Defined	Gastropoda	Opisthobranchia	Nudibranchia	Doridina	Polyceridae	Nembrothinae	Tambja	Tambja capensis

Short Description:

The body coloration might vary from dark blue to black or even brownish.
It has a distinctive green, blue or turquoise line around the upper body margin.The eggs are a beautiful spiral rosette type of form yellow or orange in coloration.

Identification features:
Size:	1-80mm
Behaviour:
Diet:	It feeds on arborescent bryozoans.Can be found on moss animals like Bugula dentata (Dentate moss animal) Bugula neritina (Neritic moss animal)
Distribution:	This species is endemic to the South African coast and is found from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth from the shallow subtidal to at least 30m
Depth:	From the shallow subtidal to at least 30m
Habitat:	Rocky reefs
Reference:	Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org/
Similar Species:	None

Database Statistics
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Photographer	Date	City	Area	Dive site	Temp	Size	Depth	Camera	Photo	Video
Analize de Vries-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-02-13	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Fort Raggie	17	25mm	16m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Analize de Vries-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-05-24	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Avalanche	16	20mm	22m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Analize de Vries-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-05-24	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Avalanche	16	20mm	22m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Analize de Vries-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-06-06	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Crossroads	16	35mm	14m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Analize de Vries-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-06-06	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Crossroads	16	35mm	12m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Charne Wepener-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-11-30	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	17	25mm	20m	Canon Powershot A70	photo
Gerald Smith-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-11-07	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Scotsmans Reef/Moonie	11	30mm	19m	Canon Powershot A710	photo
Gerhard Naude-(Port Elizabeth)	2014-09-14	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	17	25mm	20m	Sony DSC-W150	photo
Gerhard Naude-(Port Elizabeth)	2015-12-12	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Thunderbolt	17	20mm	15m	Olympus SP550UZ	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-01-11	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	18	85mm	20m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-01-11	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	18	60mm	18m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2008-02-27	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Gasmic Gorge	13	65mm	21m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2008-10-11	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	16	20mm	16m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2008-10-11	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Scotsmans Reef/Moonie	16	20mm	16m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-02-27	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Gasmic Gorge	16	25mm	20m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Glenn Jacoby-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-07-04	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-Evans Peak	16	35mm	24m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Jaco Koekemoer-(Port Elizabeth )	2015-12-12	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Thunderbolt	17	20mm	15m	Olympus SP550UZ	photo
Jacques Alberts-(Jeffreys Bay)	2008-01-02	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	14	35mm	20m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Jacques Alberts-(Jeffreys Bay)	2011-12-17	Jeffreys Bay	Jeffreys Bay	(JB)-Discovery Channel	18	20mm	6m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Jacques Alberts-(Jeffreys Bay)	2011-12-28	Jeffreys Bay	Jeffreys Bay	(JB)-Little Chelsea	17	23mm	14m	Fujifilm Finepix F50fd	photo
Johan Swanepoel-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-01-11	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	17	35mm	18m	Olympus SP560UZ	photo
Johan Swanepoel-(Port Elizabeth)	2009-02-28	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Suicide Reef	18	45mm	16m	Olympus SP560UZ	photo
Johan Swanepoel-(Port Elizabeth)	2008-11-23	Port Elizabeth	Algoa Bay	(PE-AB)-The Haerlem Wreck (1987)	13	25mm	20m	Olympus SP560UZ	photo
Juan Snyman-(Port Elizabeth)	2008-10-14	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Scotsmans Reef/Moonie	15	25mm	16m	Olympus SP550UZ	photo
Neal Bruton-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-07-25	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Scotsmans Reef/Moonie	16	20mm	16m	Sony DSC-W170	photo
Quinton Andrews-(Port Elizabeth)	2010-03-07	Port Elizabeth	Wildside	(PE-WS)-Scotsmans Reef/Moonie	16	40mm	13m	Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR	photo

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