Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CF986D8-6A47-4E17-9A67-245C78FB8AFD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C25EA656-4820-5CAD-A3BB-F5375C0D5BBD

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scientific name

Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953)
status

 

Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953) View in CoL Figure 11I View Figure 11

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, SB, one specimen 8 mm, SN.

Ecology.

Observed in deep soft sediment habitats throughout the island, though uncommon. Often found associated with or actively feeding on Dysidea sp. sponge which grows unattached on the benthos. Depth 14-25 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including, India ( Kumar et al. 2011), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Vietnam ( Martynov and Korshunova 2012), Taiwan ( Huang et al. 2015), Hong Kong ( Rudman and Darvell 1990), China ( Lin 1990), the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).