Triopha modesta

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.

Taxonomy

Considered as valid species by Martynov et al. (2015), misidentified previously as Triopha catalinae <small>Cooper, 1863</small> (Martynov & Korshunova, 2011)

Range

Modest clown dorids range from the Sea of Japan to southern California.

References

Further reading

• 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]