Marine Species: Aiptasia mutabilis

(Gravenhorst, 1831)

Aiptasia mutabilis
Photographed by: Nuno Vasco Rodrigues

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Aiptasiidae
Genus: Aiptasia
Species: Aiptasia mutabilis

Species Data:

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Common Name: Trumpet anenome, rock anenome
Description: Variable shaped column, with small asperities on the central and inferior part. Superior part, oral, larger than the basis. Conical tentacles, the internal are longer than the external ones.
Habitat: Tidal zone and infralittoral.
Color: General colour is brownish (tentacles are stained).
Dimensions: 6 cm to 10 cm in height.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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