Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA
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Pseudoceros mexicanus Hyman, 1953
The Mexican Skirt Dancer has an elongated oval profile with strongly ruffled lateral margins. The body colour is black, brown or reddish-purpleand are covered with numerous white spots that do not extend to the margin. The margin is marked by a light orange to reddish orange band.
This strong swimmer are found on and under rocks within tidal pools and intertidally at depths up to 18 m.
The Mexican Skirt Dancer derive their common name from their graceful undulating swimming movements resembling a dancer’s skirt.
The Mexican Skirt Dancer has an elongated oval profile with strongly ruffled lateral margins. The body colour is black, brown or reddish-purpleand are covered with numerous white spots that do not extend to the margin. The margin is marked by a light orange to reddish orange band.
This strong swimmer are found on and under rocks within tidal pools and intertidally at depths up to 18 m.
The Mexican Skirt Dancer derive their common name from their graceful undulating swimming movements resembling a dancer’s skirt.
