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
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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 }}
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.]
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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Category:Molluscs of the Indian Ocean