Chromodoris joshi

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Chromodoris nudibranch komodo.jpg

| image_caption = Chromodoris joshi in the Komodo National Park

| genus = Chromodoris

| species = joshi

| authority = Gosliner & Behrens, 1998{{cite journal |last1=Gosliner |first1=Terrence M. |last2=Behrens |first2=D.W. |title=Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |series=4th series |date=1998 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=139–165 [139–145] |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15659747 }}

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Chromodoris joshi is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.{{cite WoRMS |title=Chromodoris joshi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 |year=2022 |id=457496 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=17 February 2022}}{{cite journal |author1=Bouchet P. |author2=Rocroi J.-P. |author3=Frýda J. |author4=Hausdorf B. |author5=Ponder W. |author6=Valdés Á. |author7=Warén A. | year = 2005 | title = Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families | journal = Malacologia | volume = 47 | issue =1–2 | pages =1–397 | url = https://archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst }}

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Distribution

Chromodoris joshi can be found in the Philippines, Sumatra, the Andaman Sea, and Indonesia.Rudman, W.B., 1998 (September 10) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chrjosh Chromodoris joshi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Description

Reaching 60 mm in length, Chromodoris joshi is yellow with three black stripes on its mantle. The marginal band fades from dark golden yellow at the edge, to a buttery yellow. It is covered with white flecks. The rhinophores and gills are a pumpkin orange.{{cite web|url=http://slugsite.us/bow/nudwk114.htm |title=Nudibranch of the Week is Chromodoris joshi |publisher=Slugsite.us |author=Behrens, D.W.|date=1999|accessdate=2012-12-14}}Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. {{ISBN|1878348671}}, {{ISBN|978-1878348678}}, p. 135

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