''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

soft coral Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated . The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treatin ...

in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Ellisellidae Ellisellidae is a Family (biology), family of soft corals. Genera The following genera are recognized within the family Ellisellidae: * ''Ctenocella'' Valenciennes, 1855 * ''Dichotella'' Gray, 1870 * ''Ellisella'' Gray, 1858 * ''Heliania'' Gra ...

. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub

gorgonians Alcyonacea is the old scientific Order (biology), order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for Class (biology), class Octocorallia. It became deprecated . The following text should be considered a hi ...

which dominant color is brown to reddish and

polyps A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are roughly cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the vase-shaped body. In solitary polyps, the aboral (opposite to oral) en ...

are white with eight

tentacles In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work main ...

. Branches are more or less long according to the

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), ...

, however, very few ramifications are observed in the

Species list

The following species are recognized within the genus ''Ellisella'': * '' Ellisella acacesia'' (Grasshoff, 1999) * '' Ellisella andamanensis'' (Simpson, 1910) * '' Ellisella atlantica'' (Toeplitz, 1910) * '' Ellisella aurantiaca'' (Thomson & Henderson) * '' Ellisella azilia'' (Grasshoff, 1999) * '' Ellisella candida'' (Ridley, 1882) * '' Ellisella ceratophyta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Ellisella cercidia ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Grasshoff, 1999) * '' Ellisella ceylonensis'' (Simpson, 1910) * '' Ellisella cylindrica'' (Toeplitz, 1919) * '' Ellisella divisa'' (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) * ''

Ellisella dolfusi ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Stiasny, 1938) * ''

Ellisella elongata ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Pallas, 1766) * ''

Ellisella erythraea ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Kükenthal, 1913) * ''

Ellisella eustala ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Grasshoff, 1999) * ''

Ellisella filiformis ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Toeplitz, 1889) * ''

Ellisella flagellum ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Thomson & Russell, 1910) * ''

Ellisella flava ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Nutting, 1910) * ''

Ellisella funiculina ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) * ''

Ellisella gracilis ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Wright & Studer, 1889) * ''

Ellisella grandiflora ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (Deichmann, 1936) * ''

Ellisella grandis ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a Genus (biology), genus of soft coral in the Family (biology), family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are whi ...

'' (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 ''Ellisella'', commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae. ''Ellisella'' constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles. Branche ...

'' (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)

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Ellisellidae Octocorallia genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{octocorallia-stub