''Mexichromis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of colourful

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

s, dorid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

s, shell-less marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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 the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...

by five species, ''

Mexichromis antonii ''Mexichromis antonii'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Chromodoris antonii'' Bertsch, 1976.Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution The holot ...

'', '' Mexichromis amalguae'', '' Mexichromis porterae'', '' Mexichromis tica'' and ''

Mexichromis tura ''Mexichromis tura'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis tura'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967).Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution This ...

''. 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 bodies and large dorsal tubercles, '' Mexichromis aurora'' and '' Mexichromis trilineata'' which were formerly placed in the genus '' Pectenodoris'' because of their radula morphology, plus '' Mexichromis lemniscata'', '' Mexichromis pusilla'', '' Mexichromis albofimbria'', '' Mexichromis circumflava'' and '' Mexichromis similaris'' with long, narrow bodies, which were formerly placed in the genus '' Durvilledoris''.

Species

Species in the genus ''Mexichromis'' include: Mexichromis mariei

;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Mexichromis amalguae'' Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988: synonym of '' Felimare amalguae'' (Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988) * ''Mexichromis francoisae'' (Bouchet in Bouchet & Ortea, 1980): synonym of '' Felimare francoisae'' (Bouchet, 1980) * ''Mexichromis kempfi'' (Ev. Marcus, 1971): synonym of '' Felimare kempfi'' (Ev. Marcus, 1971) * ''Mexichromis molloi'' Ortea & Valdés in Ortea, Valdés & Garcia Gómez, 1996: synonym of '' Felimare molloi'' (Ortea & Valdés, 1996) * ''Mexichromis nyalya'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967): synonym of '' Risbecia nyalya'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) * ''Mexichromis porterae'' (

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, 1902): synonym of ''

Felimare porterae ''Felimare'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Miamirinae of the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012)''Felimare''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Cockerell, 1901) * ''Mexichromis tricolor'' (Cantraine, 1835) : synonym of ''

Hypselodoris tricolor ''Felimare tricolor'', or the tricolored felimare, is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare tricolor''.Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Cantraine, 1835)

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q973554 Chromodorididae