Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Metridioidea

Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aiptasia Gosse, 1858
Aiptasiogeton Schmidt, 1972
Exaiptasia Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014
Laviactis Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: セイタカイソギンチャク科

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1924). Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands [article XXI in Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 77, 179-261
basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100656