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White telesto

Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The white telesto (Carijoa riisei) is a species in the family Carijoidae, order Malacalcyonacea.

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Quick facts about the white telesto

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white telesto live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white telesto as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Gabon
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the white telesto endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the white telesto classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classOctocorallia
  4. orderMalacalcyonacea
  5. familyCarijoidae
  6. genusCarijoa
  7. SpeciesCarijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

Synonyms Carijoa rupicola, Carijoa rusei, Clavularia riisei, Clavularia rusei, Paratelesto riisei, Telesto africana, Telesto riisei, Telesto rupicola, Telesto rusei

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Branched pipe coralEnglish
  • Snowflake coralEnglish
  • SchneeflockenkoralleGerman
  • Coral copo de nieveSpanish
  • Télesto blancFrench
  • Coral-floco-de-nevePortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the white telesto

Other species in the same genus Carijoa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the white telesto an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white telesto as introduced in 2 countries: Gabon and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the white telesto?

The white telesto (Carijoa riisei) belongs to the family Carijoidae in the order Malacalcyonacea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White telesto (Carijoa riisei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-telesto

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BibTeX
@misc{white_telesto_2026,
  title = {White telesto (Carijoa riisei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-telesto},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}