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title: "Clown Dorid"
description: "Triopha catalinae — Altri animali. Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha or sea clown, is a species of colorful sea slug called a nudibranch."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/clown-dorid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Clown Dorid

> Triopha catalinae — Altri animali. Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha or sea clown, is a species of colorful sea slug called a nudibranch.

- Scientific name: *Triopha catalinae*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5709
- Wikidata: [Q3126947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3126947)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47454](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47454)

## Names

- en: Clown Dorid
- es: Nudibranquio payaso

## Countries with the most observations

US (5249), CA (192), MX (5)

## Summary

Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha or sea clown, is a species of colorful sea slug called a nudibranch. Sea clowns are a shell-less marine, gastronomic mollusk in the taxonomic family Polyceridae.
The species' Latin name is named after Santa Catalina Island, California.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Shane Johnson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102646482

## Machine access

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