WoRMS taxon details
Triopha catalinae (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
531258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531258)
accepted
Species
Triopa carpenteri Stearns, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Triopa catalinae J. G. Cooper, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triopha scrippsiana T. D. A. Cockerell, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Triopa catalinae J. G. Cooper, 1863) Cooper J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California.— No. II. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 1, 3: 56–60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3148141#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution From Southeast Alaska and British Columbia to Oregon, California and the northern Gulf of California.
Distribution From Southeast Alaska and British Columbia to Oregon, California and the northern Gulf of California. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Triopha catalinae (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531258 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triopa catalinae J. G. Cooper, 1863) Cooper J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California.— No. II. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 1, 3: 56–60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3148141#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Triopa carpenteri Stearns, 1873) Stearns, R. E. (1873). Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of nudibranchiate mollusks from the coast of California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 5: 77-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062632 [details]
basis of record Jung, D.-W.; Gosliner, T. M.; Choi, T.-J.; Kil, H.-J.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Goddard, J. H. R.; Valdés, Á. (2020). The return of the clown: pseudocryptic speciation in the North Pacific clown nudibranch, <i>Triopha catalinae</i> (Cooper, 1863) <i>sensu lato</i> identified by integrative taxonomic approaches. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5): 84: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01107-2
page(s): 8, figs 5a–b, 6a–c, f, 7b [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Triopa carpenteri Stearns, 1873) Stearns, R. E. (1873). Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of nudibranchiate mollusks from the coast of California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 5: 77-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062632 [details]
basis of record Jung, D.-W.; Gosliner, T. M.; Choi, T.-J.; Kil, H.-J.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Goddard, J. H. R.; Valdés, Á. (2020). The return of the clown: pseudocryptic speciation in the North Pacific clown nudibranch, <i>Triopha catalinae</i> (Cooper, 1863) <i>sensu lato</i> identified by integrative taxonomic approaches. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5): 84: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01107-2
page(s): 8, figs 5a–b, 6a–c, f, 7b [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 126 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H. & Rosas, L. A. (1984). Range extensions of four species of nudibranchs along the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(1): 9-11, fig. 1 (map)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277029
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H. & Rosas, L. A. (1984). Range extensions of four species of nudibranchs along the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(1): 9-11, fig. 1 (map)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277029
page(s): 10 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution From Southeast Alaska and British Columbia to Oregon, California and the northern Gulf of California. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナサキウミウシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triopha catalinae)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Triopa catalinae J. G. Cooper, 1863)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triopha catalinae)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Triopa catalinae J. G. Cooper, 1863)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
