Ellisella

{{Short description|Genus of corals}} {{distinguish|Ellisell}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ellisella elongata.jpg | image_caption = ''Ellisella elongata'' | taxon = Ellisella | authority = J.E.Gray, 1858 }}

'''''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.

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

==Species list== The following species are recognized within the genus ''Ellisella'':<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125298|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ellisella Gray, 1858|website=marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref> {{Div col}}

*''Ellisella acacesia'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella andamanensis'' {{small|(Simpson, 1910)}} *''Ellisella atlantica'' {{small|(Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)}} *''Ellisella aurantiaca'' {{small|(Thomson & Henderson, 1905)}} *''Ellisella azilia'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella candida'' {{small|(Ridley, 1882)}} *''Ellisella ceratophyta'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} *''Ellisella cercidia'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella ceylonensis'' {{small|(Simpson, 1910)}} *''Ellisella cylindrica'' {{small|(Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)}} *''Ellisella divisa'' {{small|(Thomson & Henderson, 1905)}} *''Ellisella dollfusi'' {{small|(Stiasny, 1938)}} *''Ellisella elongata'' {{small|(Pallas, 1766)}} *''Ellisella eustala'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella filiformis'' {{small|(Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)}} *''Ellisella flava'' {{small|Nutting, 1910}} *''Ellisella funiculina'' {{small|(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)}} *''Ellisella gracilis'' {{small|(Wright & Studer, 1889)}} *''Ellisella grandiflora'' {{small|(Deichmann, 1936)}} *''Ellisella grandis'' {{small|(Verrill, 1901)}} *''Ellisella laevis'' {{small|(Verrill, 1865)}} *''Ellisella limbaughi'' {{small|Bayer, 1960}} *''Ellisella maculata'' {{small|Studer, 1878}} *''Ellisella marisrubri'' {{small|(Stiasny, 1938)}} *''Ellisella moniliformis'' {{small|(Lamarck, 1815)}} *''Ellisella nivea'' {{small|(Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)}} *''Ellisella nuctenea'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella paraplexauroides'' {{small|Stiasny, 1936}} *''Ellisella plexauroides'' {{small|Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919}} *''Ellisella quadrilineata'' {{small|(Simpson, 1910)}} *''Ellisella rigida'' {{small|(Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)}} *''Ellisella rosea'' {{small|(Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)}} *''Ellisella rossafila'' {{small|Grasshoff, 1999}} *''Ellisella rubra'' {{small|(Wright & Studer, 1889)}} *''Ellisella schmitti'' {{small|(Bayer, 1961)}} *''Ellisella thomsoni'' {{small|(Simpson, 1910)}} *''Ellisella vaughani'' {{small|Stiasny, 1940}} {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=corals&id=160&menuentry=groepen]

Category:Ellisellidae Category:Octocorallia genera Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray