Many triops are called "triops".

One triops is called a triops.

Tri-ops, lit. "three-eyes".

Calling a single specimen a "triop" is like saying "three-eye", which sounds dumb.

$ virtualenv .env
$ source .env/bin/activate
(.env) $ ./setup.py develop
(.env) $ autotriops-server &
(.env) $ open http://127.0.0.1:5000

(.env) $ ./setup.py nosetests