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Mexichromis
''Mexichromis'' is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011)''Mexichromis'' Bertsch, 1977.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-03 Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479 Distribution The genus ''Mexichromis'' is represented in the Eastern Pacific by five species, '' Mexichromis antonii'', ''Mexichromis amalguae'', ''Mexichromis porterae'', ''Mexichromis tica'' and ''Mexichromis tura''. In the central Indo-Pacific region there are three groups of species, ''Mexichromis festiva'', ''Mexichromis katalexis'', ''Mexichromis macropus'', ''Mexichromis mariei'' and ''Mexichromis multituberculata'', all with compact bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectenodoris
''Mexichromis'' is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011)''Mexichromis'' Bertsch, 1977.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-03 Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479 Distribution The genus ''Mexichromis'' is represented in the Eastern Pacific by five species, '' Mexichromis antonii'', '' Mexichromis amalguae'', '' Mexichromis porterae'', '' Mexichromis tica'' and ''Mexichromis tura''. In the central Indo-Pacific region there are three groups of species, '' Mexichromis festiva'', '' Mexichromis katalexis'', '' Mexichromis macropus'', '' Mexichromis mariei'' and '' Mexichromis multituberculata'', all with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Trilineata
''Mexichromis trilineata'' is a colourful species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch. This marine gastropod mollusc is in the family Chromodorididae. In 2012 the genus ''Pectenodoris'' was included into ''Mexichromis''. Distribution ''Mexichromis trilineata'' has been found in Sumbawa, Sulawesi and Bali, Indonesia; the Philippines, the South China Sea, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef and Queensland, Australia. Description ''Mexichromis trilineata'' usually ranges from 7 mm to 15 mm in length, with an elongate to broadly oval body shape. The tail extends slightly beyond the posterior margin. ''Mexichromis trilineata'' have three yellow longitudinal bands outlined in white, with the entire mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: *Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear **Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox ve ... edged wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Multituberculata
''Mexichromis multituberculata'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This animal was initially found in the Seto Inland Sea and Kii Channel, Japan, and later near Hainan Island and Hong Kong in China, and has been photographed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi, Egypt, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo .... Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1115220 Chromodorididae Gastropods described in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Aurora
''Mexichromis aurora'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis aurora'' (R. F. Johnson & Gosliner, 1998).Accessed on 2019-01-09. Distribution The holotype of this species was collected at Seragaki Beach, ENE of Maekizaki, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Japan at depth. Additional specimens from depths as shallow as from the Ryukyu Islands, Lembeh Strait, north Sulawesi, Indonesia and Maricaban Island, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines were included in the original description. The distribution is entirely contained within the range of the more common ''Mexichromis trilineata'' and both species can be found at the same site. Description Originally described in the genus ''Pectenodoris'' this species is similar in anatomy and colouration to ''Mexichromis trilineata''. Both of these species share a similar radula, anatomy and colour pattern which was considered sufficiently d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Macropus
''Mexichromis macropus'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis macropus'' Rudman, 1983.Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution This species is recorded from temperate and subtropical Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... including SW Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and southern Queensland.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16''Mexichromis macropus'' Rudman, 1983. nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Description ''Mexichromis macropus'' has a mantle border decorated with radially arranged orange or yellow-orange stripes rather than spots, as in '' Mexichromis katalexis'' or continuous lines as in '' Mexichromis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Katalexis
''Mexichromis katalexis'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis katalexis'' Yonow, 2001.Accessed on 2019-01-21. Distribution The holotype of this species was collected in 1990 at depth, west of Lilibooi, Hitu, Ambon Island. Other specimens from Hitu and Tulamben, Bali were included in the original description. Description ''Mexichromis katalexis'' is similar to ''Mexichromis multituberculata ''Mexichromis multituberculata'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This animal was initially found in the Seto Inland Sea and Kii Channel, Japan ...'' (Baba, 1989), which also has conical, pointed, purple-tipped papillae on the dorsum, but the mantle edged with purple patches. It is known from Japan, China, and Hong Kong and clearly differs in the shape of the papillae and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Lemniscata
''Mexichromis lemniscata'' is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis lemniscata'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832).Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution This nudibranch was described from Port Louis, Mauritius. It is reported from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea, Réunion, Thailand, Australia, Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ..., Moorea and the Phoenix Islands.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 5''Durvilledoris lemniscata'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832).[In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Description ''Mexichromis lemniscata'' has a pale pink-red body, with a white and purple-lined mantle. There are three thick lines on its Dorsum (anatomy), dorsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Mariei
''Mexichromis mariei'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis mariei'' (Crosse, 1872).Accessed on 2019-01-22.Rudman W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: ''Chromodoris splendida'', ''C. aspersa'' and ''Hypselodoris placida'' colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173. page(s): 151 Distribution Originally described from New Caledonia this species is widespread in the central Indo-Pacific Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16''Mexichromis mariei'' (Crosse, 1872). nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Animals from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... may represent re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Festiva
''Mexichromis festiva'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M. (2015)''Mexichromis festiva'' (Angas, 1864).In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-17 Distribution This species was described from Port Jackson, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... Description ''Mexichromis festiva'' is a white chromodorid nudibranch with raised pink spots on the mantle. The edge of the mantle has a broken yellow line superimposed on an opaque white margin. The gill rachis is pink and the gill leaves are white. The outer half of the rhinophores is pink.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16''Mexichromis festiva'' (Angas, 1864). n/nowiki> Sea Slug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Tura
''Mexichromis tura'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ... mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis tura'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967).Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution This species is recorded from the Gulf of California to Panama and the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. It is considered to be rare. Description The central part of the mantle in ''Mexichromis tura'' is dark blue with irregular yellow spots and is surrounded by a series of concentric bands. Within the edge of the dark blue area there is a row of white spots which may merge into a line, then a broad pale blue area, a narrower black band and at the edge of the mantle a bright yellow line. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durvilledoris
''Durvilledoris'' was a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. This genus has become a synonym of ''Mexichromis'' Bertsch, 1977 Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012)''Durvilledoris''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-28. Although the type species of this genus was transferred to ''Mexichromis'' two species were not reallocated nor mentioned in the text.Rudman W.B. (1990) ''The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group''. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 287 Species Species in the genus ''Durvilledoris'' previously included: * ''Durvilledoris albofimbria'' Rudman, 1995 * '' udman, W.B., 2005 (January 31''Durvilledoris albofim ...'' Rudman, 1995 * ''Durvilledoris circumflava'' Rudman, 1990 * ''Durvilledoris circumflavus'' William B. Rudman">R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexichromis Similaris
''Mexichromis similaris'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Mexichromis similaris''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2012-05-28 Distribution This nudibranch is found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 13''Durvilledoris similaris'' Rudman, 1986. nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.] Description ''Mexichromis similaris'' has a pale- Lilac (color), lilac or violet body, with pale-orange gills and rhinophores. The mantle is edged with a white band, and there is a long white line running down its dorsum. This species is easily confused with other similarly coloured nudibranchs, especially '' Hypselodoris shimodaensis'' and ''Mexichromis trilineata''. This nudibranch can reach a total length of at least 14 mm, and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
