Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Chromodoris clitonota | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Mexichromis Rank Species | |
Similar Mexichromis pusilla, Goniobranchus verrieri, Ardeadoris angustolutea | ||
Mexichromis lemniscata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Description
Mexichromis lemniscata has a pale pink-red body, with a white and purple-lined mantle. There are three thick lines on its dorsum, coloured yellow-white-yellow respectively. The gills and rhinophores are covered with different coloured rings, from base to tip, white-red-purple-lilac. This species is easily confused with other similarly coloured nudibranchs, especially Pectenodoris trilineata.
Mexichromis lemniscata can reach a total length of at least 35 mm, and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges.
References
Mexichromis lemniscata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA