Mexichromis kempfi from Brazil
January 10, 2007
From: Armando de Luca Junior
Dear Bill,
This photo of Mexichromis kempfi was taken in Laje de Santos Marine State Park (24º 19' 18" S ; 46º 10' 57" W), Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Locality: Laje de Santos Marine State Park, 12 m, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, 13 October 2006, Rocky bottom. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Armando de Luca Jr.
Best wishes.
Armando de Luca Jr
mergulho@nautilusdive.com.br
de Luca, A., 2007 (Jan 10) Mexichromis kempfi from Brazil. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19152Dear Armando,
This is identical in colour to your earlier photo [message #13281] from Brazil. As I said there, this colour form matches the original description of this species from northern Brazil, and is rather different from the colour pattern of animals from the Caribbean which I have identified as the same species. Perhaps the species has geographic colour variants? It would be nice to compare the anatomy of the two colour forms and perhaps their egg ribbons. There is a photo in Caribbean Sea Slugs of a bright pink egg ribbon, but it seems rather large compared to the size of the slug alongside.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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