Triopha modesta, commonly known as the modest clown dorid, is a colorful species of nudibranch sea slug. Modest clown dorids are a shellless marine, gastropod mollusk in the taxonomic family Polyceridae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Triopha |
| Species: | T. modesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Triopha modesta Bergh (1880)[1]
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Taxonomy
editConsidered as valid species by Martynov et al. (2015), misidentified previously as Triopha catalinae Cooper, 1863 (Martynov & Korshunova, 2011)[4]
Range
editModest clown dorids range from the Sea of Japan to southern California.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Modest Clown Dorid (Triopha modesta)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Triopha Bergh, 1880". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531268 on 2023-08-08
Further reading
edit- Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). On the nudibranchiate gasteropod mollusca of the north Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 32: 40-127.
- Martynov, A.; Sanamyan, N.; Korshunova, T. (2015). [in Russian Review of the opisthobranch mollusc fauna of Russian Far Eastern seas: Pleurobranchomorpha, Doridida and Nudibranchia. Bulletin оf Kamchatka State Technical University. 34: 62-87]
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