Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880 is a animal in the Polyceridae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta, the modest clown dorid, is a colorful shell-less nudibranch sea slug ranging from the Sea of Japan to southern California.

Family
Genus
Triopha
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880

Triopha modesta, commonly called the modest clown dorid, is a colorful species of nudibranch sea slug. This species is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to the taxonomic family Polyceridae. The geographic range of the modest clown dorid extends from the Sea of Japan to southern California.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Polyceridae Triopha

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