''Chunella'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

coral Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

s belonging to the family

Chunellidae Chunellidae is a family of sea pens, a member of the subclass Octocorallia in the phylum Cnidaria. Genera The World Register of Marine Species list the following genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family ...

. The only species is ''Chunella gracillima''. The species is found in Eastern Africa and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

References

Octocorallia genera Chunellidae Monotypic cnidarian genera {{Octocorallia-stub