Triopha catalinae

Taxobox
name = "Triopha catalinae"

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image_caption = "Triopha catalinae"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclass = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Nudibranchia
subordo = Doridina
superfamilia = Polyceroidea
familia = Polyceridae
genus = "Triopha"
species = "T. catalinae"
binomial = "Triopha catalinae"
binomial_authority = (Cooper, 1863)

"Triopha catalinae", commonly known as the sea clown Triopha, is a species of colorful sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

The species is named after Santa Catalina Island, California.

Distribution

This species lives in the Eastern Pacific from Alaska to Mexico, and has also been found in Japan and South Korea.

Life habits

This nudibranch grazes on bryozoans.

References

Books

* Berhrens, D. W., 1980, "Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: A guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific", Sea Challenger Books, Washington.

External links

* Sea Slug Forum: [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=triocata]