''Mexichromis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of colourful

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, dorid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

s, shell-less

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the family

Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals. ...

.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 The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

by five species, '' Mexichromis antonii'', ''

Mexichromis amalguae ''Felimare amalguae'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M. (2011)''Felimare amalguae'' (Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988).Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'', ''

Mexichromis porterae ''Felimare porterae'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Felimare porterae'' (Cockerell, 1901).Accessed on 2019-01-04. It was named by Theod ...

'', ''

Mexichromis tica ''Mexichromis tica'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis tica'' Gosliner, Ortea & Valdés, 2004.Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' and ''

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 G ...

''. In the central Indo-Pacific region there are three groups of species, ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 ho ...

'', ''

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 sp ...

'', ''

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 ...

'' and ''

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 ...

'', all with compact bodies and large dorsal tubercles, ''

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 Th ...

'' and ''

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''. Distributi ...

'' which were formerly placed in the genus ''

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 S ...

'' because of their radula morphology, plus ''

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. Distributi ...

'', ''

Mexichromis pusilla ''Mexichromis pusilla'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Mexichromis pusilla''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2012-05-28 Distri ...

'', ''

Mexichromis albofimbria ''Mexichromis albofimbria'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This nudibranch is known from New Caledonia. udman, W.B., 2005 (January 31''Durvilledoris albofim ...

'', ''Mexichromis circumflava'' and ''Mexichromis similaris">Mexichromis circumflava">udman, W.B., 2005 (January 31''Durvilledoris albofim ...

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