Mexichromis
Encyclopedia
Mexichromis is a genus
of colorful sea slug
s, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
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Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of colorful sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....
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Species
Species in the genus Mexichromis include:- Mexichromis amalguae Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988
- Mexichromis antonii (Bertsch, 1976)
- Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)
- Mexichromis francoisae (Bouchet in Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)
- Mexichromis katalexis Yonow, 2001
- Mexichromis kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971)
- Mexichromis macropus RudmanWilliam B. RudmanDr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...
, 1983 - Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872)
- Mexichromis molloi Ortea & Valdés in Ortea, Valdés & Garcia Gómez, 1996
- Mexichromis multituberculataMexichromis multituberculataMexichromis multituberculata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.- Distribution :...
(Baba, 1953) - Mexichromis nyalya (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
- Mexichromis porterae (CockerellTheodore Dru Alison CockerellTheodore Dru Alison Cockerell was an American zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother of Sydney Cockerell. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and then studied botany in the field in Colorado in 1887-90...
, 1902) - Mexichromis tica Gosliner, Ortea & Valdés, 2004
- Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Mexichromis tricolor (Cantraine, 1835) : synonym of Hypselodoris tricolorHypselodoris tricolorHypselodoris tricolor is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. -Distribution:This nudibranch is found from the Western Mediterranean to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.-Description:...
(Cantraine, 1835)