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 Cooper, 1863 (Martynov & Korshunova, 2011)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
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]