Invasive Species of Coral

The Clavulariidae. Its scientific name is Carijoa riisei and is native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean, spreading to other areas of the world such as Hawaii. snowflake coral, also known as branched pipe coral is a species of soft coral in the family They are rarely visible in shallow waters. It is considered an invasive species because it has capacity to dominate space and crowd out other marine organisms and thickly settle and occupy a variety of surfaces which can lead to destabilisation of marine ecosystem