Chromodoris joshi

Chromodoris joshi is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

The nudibranch Chromodoris joshi, Pemuteran, Bali.

Chromodoris joshi
Chromodoris joshi in the Komodo National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. joshi
Binomial name
Chromodoris joshi
Gosliner & Behrens, 1998[1]

Distribution

Chromodoris joshi can be found in the Philippines, Sumatra, the Andaman Sea, and Indonesia.[4]

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.[5][6]

References

  1. Gosliner, Terrence M.; Behrens, D.W. (1998). "Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th series. 50 (5): 139–165 [139–145].
  2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Chromodoris joshi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á.; Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 1–397.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (September 10) Chromodoris joshi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Behrens, D.W. (1999). "Nudibranch of the Week is Chromodoris joshi". Slugsite.us. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  6. 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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