title: Tritoniella gnocchi
text: # 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.
  
  