Gray, 1869
Cladiella (2)
Type species: Cladiella tuberculosum (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Total number of species estimated: 50.
Description: Colonies with short and inconspicuous stalk, often forming crusts. Polyparium with numerous crowded lobes. Lobes finger-like or knob-like. Polyps monomorphic. Sclerites are double heads, usually < 0.15 mm in length. Colour of colonies whitish, brownish, bluish, greenish. Polyps often brownish. Zooxanthellae present.
Habitat: shallow water.
Range: Widespread in tropical Indo-Pacific.