Mexichromis tura is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967). Accessed on 2019-01-22.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): 209
Distribution This species is recorded from the Gulf of California to Panama and the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. It is considered to be rare.Kerstitch, A., and H. Bertsch. 1988. Mexichromis tura: range extension of a rarely observed nudibranch. Veliger 30 (4): 421.Bertsch, H., 2018. Mexichromis tura The Slug Site, Miller, M. ed, accessed 2019-01-22.
Description The central part of the mantle in Mexichromis tura is dark blue with irregular yellow spots and is surrounded by a series of concentric bands. Within the edge of the dark blue area there is a row of white spots which may merge into a line, then a broad pale blue area, a narrower black band and at the edge of the mantle a bright yellow line. The rhinophores are black and the gill leaves are white with the outer third black. This is a small animal, growing to in length.Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 85.Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 208
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