Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Long Sea Whip
Ellisella elongata
Long Sea Whip
Category: Octocorals
Scientific Name: Ellisella elongata
Size: 3 to 5 ft. (90 cm to 1.5 m)  
Depth: 50-700 ft. (15-200 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Scleralcyonacea (Order)
   └Ellisellidae (Family)
    └Ellisella (Genus)
     └E. elongata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 520722🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1019090🔗

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