[2] Clione elegantissima has small, pink pinnae with translucent edges, while a bright crimson ray can be found in the center of each one.

The body is pyriform, with a slender caudal end that is typically curved to one side.

The head is well-differentiated and has longitudinal stripes of carmine on a lighter background.

They are covered with fine granulations or pores on their anterior sides, which are flattened and of the most brilliant carmine.

The disk is cleft in the median line, and the mouth has two broad carmine labia.