Mexichromis trilineata
Three-lines purple doris
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 12 mm
- Native range
- Western Pacific: southern Japan, the Philippines, Palau, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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Description
A small chromodorid nudibranch named for the three yellow lines on its back. In some regional populations only the central line is present.
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Identification
Pale purple to violet body with a fine white (occasionally yellow) line around the mantle edge. Three white-edged yellow longitudinal lines run along the back: the central one encircles the gill and the lateral ones run near the mantle edge. Rhinophores and the 6–8 simple gill plumes are orange-yellow.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Coral and rocky reefs, shallow to moderate depths.
Food
Sponges.