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Gastropoda: : Doridoidea: Chromodorididae

Mexichromis kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971)


Range: 25°N to 2.37°S; 86.7°W to 41.85°W
Depth: 6 to 37 m (live 6 to 37 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Chromodoris kempfi Ev. Marcus, 1971
Mexichromis molloi Ortea & Valdés, 1996

Details


Chromodoris kempfi Ev. Marcus, 1971, p. 940-941, figs. 34-38
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 2°22'00"S, 41°51'05"W, [off Maranhao] Brazil, 37 m
Range: 25°N to 2.37°S; 86.7°W to 41.85°W
Depth: 6 to 37 m (live 6 to 37 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: unlocalized; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Maranhao
References: Ev. Marcus (1971) DLSE; Ev. Marcus (1977) N; Meyer (1977) dl{W}M; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) W; Collin et al. (2005); Valdés et al. (2006) c

Mexichromis molloi Ortea & Valdés in Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996, p. 152-155, figs. 12f, 118-120
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Isla Picuda, Chimanas, Mochima, Venezuela
Range: 10.33°N ; 64.5°W
Depth: 10 m (live 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Anzoategui, Sucre
References: Ortea et al. (1996) LlNSEWM; Valdés et al. (2006) s?


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. d. B.-R. 1971. Opisthobranchs from northern Brazil Bulletin of Marine Science 20 922-951. [Stated date: -- Dec 1970; true date: 28 Jan 1971.]
Ortea, J., A. Valdés and J. C. García-Gómez. 1996. Revisíon de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul Avicennia, Suplemento 1 165 pp.

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