More on Mexichromis porterae
July 29, 2005
From: Clinton Bauder
Hi Bill,
Since this species seems to be topical, here are a couple of images of Mexichromis porterae on a couple of different sponges from a deep dive in Carmel a few years back. Size was about 25 mm if I remember right. Depth maybe 50 meters. The larger image was taken by my friend Sami Laine, the smaller one is mine (from video).
Locality: Outer Pinnacles, Carmel, California, USA. Depth: 50 meters. Length: 25 mm.18 Jan 2003. Vertical wall. Photographer: Sami Laine, Clinton Bauder
Clinton
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Bauder, C., 2005 (Jul 29) More on Mexichromis porterae . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14440Thanks Clinton,
It's good when a topic stimulates some more messages. Your animal seems to be on a mixed assemblage of sponges, cnidarians and ascidians. Mexichromis porterae has been reported to feed on a species of Dysidea, but as luck would have it I can't see anything looking like Dysidea in your photos. Some chromodorids seem to always be found with their food while others are seldom seen near anything identifiable.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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