Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Devil's Sea Whip
Ellisella barbadensis
Devil's Sea Whip
Category: Octocorals
Scientific Name: Ellisella barbadensis
Size: 2 to 8 ft. (60 cm to 2.5 m)  
Depth: 65-1600 ft. (20-488 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Scleralcyonacea (Order)
   └Ellisellidae (Family)
    └Ellisella (Genus)
     └E. barbadensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 520719🔗

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