Descriptive study of Aiptasia mutabilis (Gravenhorst, 1831) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) in the Canary Islands

Abstract

Aiptasia mutabilis is an actinian found in areas of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Its habitat extends as far South as the Gulf of Guinea but STEPHENSON (1935) and CARLGREN (1949) doubted its presence in the Canarian Archipelago. This paper confirms the