Mexichromis macropus from Port Phillip Bay, Australia
August 26, 2006
From: Perry Davis
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Dear Bill,
I found a pair of nudi's in Port Phillip Bay which I can't identify.
Locality: Port Phillip Bay, 13-15 metres, Victoria, Australia, 13 July 2006, silty bottom. Length: 25-35 mm. Photographer: Perry A Davis.
Regards
Perry Davis
perryadavis@bigpond.com
Davis, P.A., 2006 (Aug 26) Mexichromis macropus from Port Phillip Bay, Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17577![](/images/m17577d.jpg)
Dear Perry,
This beautiful chromodorid is Mexichromis macropus. The origin of its name is quite interesting. Mexichromis got its name because the first species in the genus was a 'chromodorid from Mexico'. And macropus is the genus name for kangaroos, and this species was first found at Kangaroo Island in South Australia
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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