Species

Triopha maculata (Spotted dorid)

Triopha maculata. Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Triopha maculata, common name spotted triopha or speckled triopha, is a species of colorful sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species is very variable in color.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
      - Subclass: Heterobranchia (Heterobranchs)
        Infraclass: Euthyneura
        Subterclass: Ringipleura
        Superorder: Nudipleura
        Order: Nudibranchia (Nudibranchs)
        Suborder: Doridina
        Infraorder: Doridoidei
        Superfamily: Polyceroidea
        Family: Polyceridae
        Subfamily: Triophinae
        Genus: Triopha
        Species: Triopha maculata (Spotted dorid)

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