Mexichromis antonii explained

Mexichromis antonii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1] [2]

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected in of water at Punta Aguja (near Mulege), Baja California, Mexico (26.8833°N -167°W). Three paratypes were also included in the original description, from Isla San Jose, (24.8833°N -144°W), Los Islotes, (24.6°N -134°W) and Santiago Bay, near Manzanillo, Colima, (19.1°N -127°W). It has been reported from the Gulf of California south to Panama.[3]

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.[4] Grows to in length.[3]

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris antonii Bertsch, 1976. Accessed on 2019-01-22.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.