Exaiptasia

Exaiptasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Aiptasiidae
Genus: Exaiptasia
Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014
Species:
E. pallida
Binomial name
Exaiptasia pallida
(Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aiptasia agassizii Andres, 1883
  • Aiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)
  • Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864
  • Paranthea pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)

Exaiptasia is a genus of sea anemone in the family Aiptasiidae, native to shallow waters in the temperate western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is monotypic with a single species, Exaiptasia diaphana, and commonly known as the brown anemone, glass anemone, pale anemone, or simply as Aiptasia.

  1. ^ Fautin, Daphne (2015). "Aiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 June 2017.