World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - 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. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014. 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. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888636 on 2026-08-11

Thematic species database citation

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. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888636 on 2026-08-11

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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