''Tritoniopsis cincta'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of dendronotid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

. It is a marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

in the family

Tritoniidae Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranch ...

.Gofas, S. (2004)
''Tritoniopsis cincta''.
In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-16.

Distribution

This species was described from Banyuls-sur-Mer,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

in the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

. It has been reported from the Spanish, French and Italian coasts. It has also been reported from the Bay of Biscay at Donostia on the Atlantic Coast of Spain.Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas et al. (2012-2016
"Tritoniopsis cincta"
in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 01/11/2016, Accessed: 16/12/2016.

Description

''Tritoniopsis cincta'' has a translucent white body with a yellow line at the mantle edge. The gills are tipped with red. The tips of the rhinophores and larger processes on the oral veil are opaque white.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7844404 Tritoniidae Gastropods described in 1937 Taxa named by Alice Pruvot-Fol