WRiMS taxon details
Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)
1264073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264073)
accepted
Species
Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) · unaccepted
Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) · alternative representation (subjective synonym; epithet...)
subjective synonym; epithet diaphana retains priority over pallida (ICZN Opinion 2404). However, epithet pallida valid until ICZN rules Case 3790 (revision of Opinion 2404)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Rapp, W. (1829). Ueber die Polypen im Allgemeinen und die Actinien insbesondere. i-iv: 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50336
page(s): 57-58 [details]
page(s): 57-58 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2025-05-04
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2025-05-04
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original description
(of Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943) Carlgren, O. (1943). East-Asiatic Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 20: 1-43, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 38-40 [details]
original description (of ) Rapp, W. (1829). Ueber die Polypen im Allgemeinen und die Actinien insbesondere. i-iv: 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50336
page(s): 57-58 [details]
additional source Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2019). Case 3790 – Proposed review of Opinion 2404 and reconsideration of Case 3633: Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Exaiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): proposed precedence over Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 127., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a036 [details]
new combination reference Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus <em>Aiptasia</em> and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3826(1): 55-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.2 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (2017). Opinion 2404 (Case 3633) — Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Aiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): precedence over Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829), Aiptasia tagetes (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864), Aiptasia mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) and Aiptasia inula (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) not approved. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 74: 130-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a034 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 38-40 [details]
original description (of ) Rapp, W. (1829). Ueber die Polypen im Allgemeinen und die Actinien insbesondere. i-iv: 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50336
page(s): 57-58 [details]
additional source Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2019). Case 3790 – Proposed review of Opinion 2404 and reconsideration of Case 3633: Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Exaiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): proposed precedence over Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 127., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a036 [details]
new combination reference Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus <em>Aiptasia</em> and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3826(1): 55-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.2 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (2017). Opinion 2404 (Case 3633) — Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Aiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): precedence over Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829), Aiptasia tagetes (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864), Aiptasia mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) and Aiptasia inula (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) not approved. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 74: 130-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a034 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Madeiran part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exaiptasia diaphana)
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins) (from synonym Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864))
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exaiptasia diaphana)
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins) (from synonym Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864))
To GenBank (115801 nucleotides; 53987 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records) (from synonym Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)
