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Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) 
AphiaID: 100858

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Acontiaria (Superfamily) > Aiptasiidae (Family) > Aiptasia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aiptasia Gosse, 1858
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10/2: 113-133. [details] [full text]

additional source: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English glasrose  [details]
English yellow aiptasia  [details]
German Glasrose  [details]
Italian aiptasia gialla  [details]
Italian anemone diafano  [details]
Spanish aiptasia amarilla  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Paranthessius anemoniae Claus, 1889 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Aiptasia diaphana
Aiptasia diaphana
added on 2012-10-04 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Aiptasia diaphana
Aiptasia diaphana
added on 2012-10-04 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100858
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100858 on 2013-05-26
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