Mexichromis antonii

Mexichromis antonii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Mexichromis antonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Mexichromis
Species:
M. antonii
Binomial name
Mexichromis antonii
(Bertsch, 1976)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris antonii Bertsch, 1976

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected in 9 m (30 ft) of water at Punta Aguja (near Mulege), Baja California, Mexico (26°53′N 111°56′W). Three paratypes were also included in the original description, from Isla San Jose, (24°53′N 110°34′W), Los Islotes, (24°36′N 110°24′W) and Santiago Bay, near Manzanillo, Colima, (19°06′N 104°23′W). It has been reported from the Gulf of California south to Panama.[4]

Description

Mexichromis antonii has a light blue mantle with two bands of colour at the edge, inner black and outer yellow-orange. There is a mid-dorsal line of white which is broken into elongate spots surrounded by a pink-magenta region which stretches from the rhinophore bases to the gill. The light blue area is divided longitudinally by a faint black line. The bases of the rhinophores and gill leaves are pale magenta with the outer half black.[5] Grows to 12 mm (0.47 in) in length.[4]

Ecology
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References
  1. Bertsch H. (1976) A new species of Chromodoris (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from tropical West America. The Veliger 19(2): 156-158.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris antonii Bertsch, 1976. Accessed on 2019-01-22.
  3. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273.
  4. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 85.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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