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Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)

Sea anemone from Guam
Sea anemone from Guam

1264073  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264073)

accepted
Species
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] 
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2026-06-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2026-06-07
Date
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2018-07-09 13:33:28Z
created
Daly, Meg

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  PDF available

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  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
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) 
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))
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