Mexichromis multituberculata
Bumpy mexichromis
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 20–50 mm
- Native range
- Western Pacific, from Japan, Hong Kong and southern China to the Philippines and Indonesia.
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Description
A chromodorid nudibranch named for its many dorsal tubercles. Colour is quite variable: the spots around the mantle edge may be reddish, purple, blue or orange.
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Identification
Yellowish-white to pale yellow body covered with large, blunt conical tubercles tipped with purple, with smaller tubercles in between. The mantle edge has a broad orange band or a series of orange or purple marks. Rhinophores and gill plumes are pale with purple tips.
Similar species
Other western Pacific Mexichromis (M. festiva, M. macropus, M. mariei) look similar; they differ mainly in the colour pattern of the mantle spots, and none is as strongly tuberculate.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Coral and rocky reefs; often seen around 10 m.
Food
Like other chromodorids, feeds on sponges.