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]
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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] | |
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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]
References
- Bertsch H. (1976) A new species of Chromodoris (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from tropical West America. The Veliger 19(2): 156-158.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris antonii Bertsch, 1976. Accessed on 2019-01-22.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.