Family: |
Aiptasiidae () |
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Environment: |
sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m |
Distribution: |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Azores Islands, Ireland to the Canary Islands. |
Diagnosis: |
Diameter of the foot: 2.5 cm. Oral disc, tentacles not included/understood: 6 cm; cuts vertical, 20 cm. 136 tentacles: are laid out in 6 crowns around the siphonoglyphe; each one of them can measure up to 6 cm length. Coloring is fluctuating, rear related to the density of symbiotic algae, zooxanthella the, present ones within fabrics. The tentacles more or less transparent; and are avoided reasons in band or reticules, of white color to green, absent at ecotype I (Ref. 358). |
Biology: |
Found on various rock funds, inside excavations and of cracks (Ref. 201). Known from infralittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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