Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

* Mexichromis mariei (Crosse, 1872) Figure 11H

Material examined.

One specimen 15 mm, SB.

Ecology.

In deep soft sediment habitats. Depth 20 m. Feeding on Dysidea sp. sponge.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including India ( Patel and Apte 2014), Malaysia ( Ho 1989), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), South Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, Indonesia. Japan, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Remarks.

Locally rare with only a single individual observed in the present surveys. Sharing the same habitat and prey preference as M. multituberculata .

Figures

Figure 11. A Hypselodoris cf. juniperae 6 mm B Hypselodoris cf. kanga 40 mm C Hypselodoris katherinae 15 mm D Hypselodoris cf. lacuna 10 mm E, F Hypselodoris cf. maritima 20 mm (E) and 25 mm (F) G Hypselodoris tryoni, right specimen 35 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) H Mexichromis mariei 15 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) I Mexichromis multituberculata 30 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Mexichromis trilineata 8 mm K Verconia cf. hongkongiensis 6 mm L Asteronotus cespitosus 120 mm (photograph by Emily Palmer).