Tritoniella gnocchi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Tritoniella |
Species: | T. gnocchi
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Binomial name | |
Tritoniella gnocchi Schächinger, Schrödl, Wilson & Moles, 2022
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Tritoniella gnocchi is a species of the nudibranch genus Tritoniella.
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. [2]
Its diet consists of the gorgonian soft coral belonging to the family Primnoidae. [2]
The species name was dedicated to the Italian dumpling gnocchi due to the similarity to its external body form. [2]
Tritoniella gnocchi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Tritoniella |
Species: | T. gnocchi
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Binomial name | |
Tritoniella gnocchi Schächinger, Schrödl, Wilson & Moles, 2022
[1]
|
Tritoniella gnocchi is a species of the nudibranch genus Tritoniella.
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. [2]
Its diet consists of the gorgonian soft coral belonging to the family Primnoidae. [2]
The species name was dedicated to the Italian dumpling gnocchi due to the similarity to its external body form. [2]