''Mexichromis'' is a

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of colourful

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s, dorid

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s, shell-less

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s in the family

Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.” ...

.Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011)
''Mexichromis'' Bertsch, 1977.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-03 Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.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

Distribution

The genus ''Mexichromis'' is represented in the

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by five species, '' Mexichromis antonii'', '' Mexichromis amalguae'', '' Mexichromis porterae'', '' Mexichromis tica'' and ''

Mexichromis tura ''Mexichromis tura'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Mexichromis tura'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967).Accessed on 2019-01-22. Distribution This ...

''. 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 mariei

;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)

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q973554 Chromodorididae