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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. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 74: 130-132.
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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
The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
74: 130-132
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The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 for a species of sea anemone.
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Actinia diaphana Rapp, 1829 accepted as Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (taxonomy source)
Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (status source)
Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) represented as Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (source of synonymy)
Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (status source)
Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) represented as Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829) (source of synonymy)