Marine Species: Aiptasia tagetes

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Taxonomy Structure

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

Species Data:

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Common Name: Pale Anemone
Description: Long and sharp, narrow tentacles. Usually grow in clusters, but there are some of them solitaries.
Habitat: Reefs, wrecks and rocky areas, usually in areas exposed to currents, at depths of 1.5 to 19m.
Color: Transparent tentacles around the oral disc white with a tint of brown to blue.
Dimensions: Oral disc from 2.5 to 5 cm in diameter.
Geographical Distribution: Caribbean Sea Western Central Atlantic

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