Triopha catalinae
Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha or sea clown, is a species of colorful sea slug called a nudibranch. Sea clowns are a shell-less marine, gastronomic mollusk in the taxonomic family Polyceridae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. catalinae |
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| Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863) | |
The species' Latin name is named after Santa Catalina Island, California.
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