Mexichromis
Introduction '''''Mexichromis''''' is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. Current synonymy follows a revision of Chromodorididae which used molecular phylogeny.
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: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)
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