subjective synonym; epithet diaphana retains priority over pallida (ICZN Opinion 2404). However, epithet pallida valid until ICZN rules Case 3790 (revision of Opinion 2404)
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2024). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). 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.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2024) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2025-04-03
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. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264073 on 2025-04-03
original description(ofAiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943)Carlgren, O. (1943). East-Asiatic Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 20: 1-43, pls. 1-2. page(s): 38-40 [details]
additional sourceGrajales, 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). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 76(1): 127., available online athttps://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a036[details]
new combination referenceGrajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). Zootaxa. 3826(1): 55-100., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.2[details] Available for editors
status sourceICZN. (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., available online athttps://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a034[details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Bay of Biscay
Coral Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed
(no group)
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Madeiran part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
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