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Created 10/11/2022

Family Chromodorididae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mexichromis pusilla



Ewa, Oahu, 50 feet
 

TINY NUDIBRANCH

Occurs in rubble or under ledges among sponge deeper than 10 feet.  Central band ranges from orange to red, margins white to yellow.  Uncommon throughout the Indo-Pacific and very rare in Hawaii, where the first record was reported in 2022 by Katie Samuelson.  Her specimen above is unusually rich in color and contracted.  Attains 20mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.