What is "ellisella"

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.