Ellisella

Ellisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Calcaxonia
Family: Ellisellidae
Genus: Ellisella
(Gray, 1858)

Ellisella is an octocorallia genus,commonly known as sea whip, and it belongs to the Ellisellidae family.

Ellisella constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles.

Branches are more or less long according to the species, however, very few ramifications are observed in the genus.

Species list

According to World Register of Marine Species:[1]

* Ellisella acacesia (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella andamanensis (Simpson, 1910)
  • Ellisella atlantica (Toeplitz, 1910)
  • Ellisella aurantiaca (Thomson & Henderson)
  • Ellisella azilia (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella barbadensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Ellisella candida (Ridley, 1882)
  • Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ellisella cercidia (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella ceylonensis (Simpson, 1910)
  • Ellisella cylindrica (Toeplitz, 1919)
  • Ellisella divisa (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
  • Ellisella dolfusi (Stiasny, 1938)
  • Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766)
  • Ellisella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913)
  • Ellisella eustala (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella filiformis (Toeplitz, 1889)
  • Ellisella flagellum (Thomson & Russell, 1910)
  • Ellisella flava (Nutting, 1910)
  • Ellisella funiculina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Ellisella gracilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Ellisella grandiflora (Deichmann, 1936)
  • Ellisella grandis (Verrill, 1901)
  • Ellisella gruveli (Stiasny, 1936)
  • Ellisella laevis (Verrill, 1865)
  • Ellisella limbaughi (Bayer, 1960)
  • Ellisella maculata (Studer, 1878)
  • Ellisella marisrubri (Stiasny, 1938)
  • Ellisella moniliformis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ellisella nivea (Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)
  • Ellisella nuctenea (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936
  • Ellisella plexauroides (Toeplitz, 1919)
  • Ellisella quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910)
  • Ellisella rigida (Toeplitz, 1910)
  • Ellisella rosea (Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)
  • Ellisella rossafila (Grasshoff, 1999)
  • Ellisella rubra (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Ellisella schmitti (Bayer, 1961)
  • Ellisella thomsoni (Simpson, 1910)
  • Ellisella vaughani Stiasny, 1940
  • Ellisella vermeuleni (Stiasny, 1936)

References

  1. ↑ van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Ellisella Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125298 on 2014-09-23

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