---
title: "Spotted Dorid"
description: "Triopha maculata — Otros animales. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/spotted-dorid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Dorid

> Triopha maculata — Otros animales. 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.

- Scientific name: *Triopha maculata*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 12126
- Wikidata: [Q3203299](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3203299)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47110](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47110)

## Names

- en: Spotted Dorid

## Countries with the most observations

US (11932), MX (10)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triopha_maculata

## Photo

![Spotted Dorid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-dorid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leaping Woman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189305556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-dorid?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).