Triopha catalinae
| Sea clown triopha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Triophinae |
| Genus: | Triopha |
| Species: | T. catalinae |
| Binomial name | |
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Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863) |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha, is a species of colorful sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
The species is named after Santa Catalina Island, California.
This species lives in the Eastern Pacific from Alaska to Mexico, and has also been found in Japan and South Korea.
This nudibranch grazes on bryozoans.
Triopha catalinae
Triopha catalinae on red coralline algae in a tide pool in Central California
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