African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014

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Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014

Sea anemone from Guam

AphiaID

888636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888636)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924

Original name

Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014

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Species Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)
Species Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) represented as Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (subjective synonym; epithet diaphana retains priority over pallida (ICZN Opinion 2404). However, epithet pallida valid until ICZN rules Case 3790 (revision of Opinion 2404) )

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). Zootaxa. 3826(1): 55-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.2 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888636 on 2025-10-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888636 on 2025-10-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-10-31 17:15:54Z

created

Daly, Meg

2020-08-03 14:13:29Z

changed

Rodríguez, Estefanía

2023-05-03 07:17:31Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). Zootaxa. 3826(1): 55-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.2 [details] Available for editors

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