Mexichromis

Mexichromis is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.^[8]

Mexichromis
Mexichromis multituberculata, anterior end towards the upper left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977[1]
Type species
Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976)
Synonyms
Durvilledoris Rudman, 1984 Pectenodoris Rudman, 1984

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:

• Mexichromis albofimbria Rudman, 1995
• Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976)^[9]
• Mexichromis aurora (R.F. Johnson & Gosliner, 1998)
• Mexichromis circumflava Rudman, 1990
• Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)^[10]
• Mexichromis katalexis Yonow, 2001^[11]
• Mexichromis lemniscata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
• Mexichromis macropus Rudman, 1983^[12]
• Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872)^[13]
• Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953)^[14]
• Mexichromis pusilla (Bergh, 1874)
• Mexichromis similaris (Rudman, 1986)
• Mexichromis tica Gosliner, Ortea & Valdés, 2004^[15]
• Mexichromis trilineata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)^[16]

A pair of Mexichromis mariei mating

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)