Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
The mantle is a dark purplish black with small bright orange spots.Mexichromis tura have a 5-banded mantle margin.There is a bright orange band, followed a purplish black band,a milky bluish white, a purplish black and a brokenmilky yellow band on the mantle edge.The foot and rhinophores are deep purplish black in colour. The gills are translucent colourless purplish tiped.
Mexichromis tura is one of a group of yellow spotted blue chromodorids from the eastern Pacific.Very similar is Mexichromis antonii, which differs in one of the 5 margin bands.
Synonym:
Chromodoris tura
Glossodoris tura
Thorunna tura
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Mexichromis (Genus) > Mexichromis tura (Species)
The mantle is a dark purplish black with small bright orange spots.Mexichromis tura have a 5-banded mantle margin.There is a bright orange band, followed a purplish black band,a milky bluish white, a purplish black and a brokenmilky yellow band on the mantle edge.The foot and rhinophores are deep purplish black in colour. The gills are translucent colourless purplish tiped.
Mexichromis tura is one of a group of yellow spotted blue chromodorids from the eastern Pacific.Very similar is Mexichromis antonii, which differs in one of the 5 margin bands.
Synonym:
Chromodoris tura
Glossodoris tura
Thorunna tura
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Mexichromis (Genus) > Mexichromis tura (Species)
