Mexichromis Explained

Mexichromis is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.^[7]

Distribution

The genus Mexichromis is represented in the Eastern Pacific by five species, Mexichromis antonii, Mexichromis amalguae, Mexichromis porterae, Mexichromis tica and Mexichromis tura. 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:

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 (Cockerell, 1902): synonym of Felimare porterae (Cockerell, 1901)
• Mexichromis tricolor (Cantraine, 1835) : synonym of Hypselodoris tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)

Notes and References

1. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-03
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. page(s): 208
3. Rudman, W.B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86 (4): 309-353. page(s): 323
4. Rudman W.B. & Darvell B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) . Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. page(s): 54
5. Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326-page(s): 287
6. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
7. 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