Cladiella australis is a species of soft coral in the family Cladiellidae. It is found in the western Indo-Pacific. It is commonly known as the finger blanching soft coral because with the polyps extended it appears brown but when poked with a finger, the polyps retract into the leathery base tissue and the coral appears white.
Secondary metabolites Five new diterpenes with tricyclic skeletons of cladiellin have been isolated from this soft coral.
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