Big-foot Nudibranch

Mexichromis macropus

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth14–25 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
How commonRare

Photo credit: no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

About this species

Mexichromis macropus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Mexichromis macropus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 96 records
February: 77 records
March: 70 records
April: 117 records
May: 26 records
June: 13 records
July: 45 records
August: 9 records
September: 23 records
October: 26 records
November: 29 records
December: 36 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–25 m · Deepest record: 51.8 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 20 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 19 records
20–22 °C: 28 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 4 records
28–30 °C: 9 records

Photos

no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Big-foot Nudibranch

Similar species

Beau Vallon Magnificent Slug
Mexichromis multituberculata
Three-lines Purple Doris
Mexichromis trilineata
Mexichromis aurora
Festive Nudibranch
Mexichromis festiva
Mexichromis katalexis
Yellow-striped Rainbow Dorid
Mexichromis lemniscata

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
110 open-data records from 1971 to 2026.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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