Mexichromis

Mexichromis
Mexichromis multituberculata, anterior end towards the upper left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977[1]
Type species
Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976)

Mexichromis mariei

Mexichromis is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Mexichromis include:

• Mexichromis amalguae Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988 ^[3]
• Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976)^[4]
• Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)^[5]
• Mexichromis francoisae (Bouchet in Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)^[6]
• Mexichromis katalexis Yonow, 2001^[7][8]
• Mexichromis kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971)^[9]
• Mexichromis macropus Rudman, 1983^[10]
• Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872)^[11]
• Mexichromis molloi Ortea & Valdés in Ortea, Valdés & Garcia Gómez, 1996
• Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953)^[12]
• Mexichromis nyalya (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) ^[13]
• Mexichromis porterae (Cockerell, 1902)^[14]
• Mexichromis tica Gosliner, Ortea & Valdés, 2004^[15]
• Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)^[16]

Species brought into synonymy 

• Mexichromis tricolor (Cantraine, 1835) : synonym of Hypselodoris tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)

References

1. ^ Bertsch H. (1977). "The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.— Part I. Investigative methods and supraspecific taxonomy". The Veliger 20(2): 107-118. page 113.
2. ^ Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224364 on 2011-03-03
3. ^ Gosliner T. M. & Bertsch H. (1988). "A new species of Mexichromis (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the eastern Pacific". The Veliger 31 (1/2): 127-134.
4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexianto
5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexifest
6. ^ WoRMS (2010). Mexichromis francoisae (Bouchet, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224367 on 2010-12-16
7. ^ Yonow (2001). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 75(1-15): 3-50.
8. ^ WoRMS (2010). Mexichromis katalexis Yonow, 2001. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458634 on 2010-12-16
9. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mexichromis kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533093 on 2010-12-16
10. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Mexichromis macropus Rudman, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533928 on 2010-12-16
11. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/meximari
12. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/meximult
13. ^ Caballer, M. (2011). Mexichromis nyalya (Marcus & Marcus, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562473 on 2011-02-26
14. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis porterae (Cockerell, 1902). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexiport
15. ^ Gosliner T. M., Ortea J. & Valdés A. (2004). "New data on tropical eastern Pacific Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Doridina) with description of a new species of Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55: 590-599. PDF.
16. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexitura

• 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
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links

• Mexichromis at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.