Tritoniella gnocchi
# Tritoniella gnocchi

Tritoniella gnocchi is a species of the nudibranch genus Tritoniella.

## Distribution

It is a singleton species that was found at Burdwood Bank East south of the Falkland Islands at a depth of approximately 565 m (1,900 ft). It is the only Tritoniella species that was found north of the Polar front outside of the Southern Ocean.

## Ecology

Its diet consists of the gorgonian soft coral belonging to the family Primnoidae.

## Etymology

The species name was dedicated to the Italian dumpling gnocchi due to the similarity to its external body form.

