Triopha catalinae

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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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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Triopha
Species:
T. catalinae
Binomial name
Triopha catalinae
(Cooper, 1863)
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The species' Latin name is named after Santa Catalina Island, California.

Distribution

This species lives in the Western Pacific from Alaska to Mexico, and has also been found in Japan and South Korea.[1][2]

Life habits

This nudibranch grazes on bryozoans.[2]

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