Common name: White telesto Scientific name: Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing y Michelotti, 1860) Family: Clavulariidae Order: Alcyonacea Subclass: Octocorallia Class: Anthozoa Phylum: Cnidaria Description: white color polyps with branched stems from white to pale pink. The octocoral is conformed of dense, branched, and entangled colonies, with white prominent polyps. Often, the stems are encrusted or covered with algae, sponges, and other organisms…
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