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

Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Exaiptasia*	Grajales & Rodríguez, 2014	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Actinia diaphana*	Rapp, 1829	synonym
*Aiptasia diaphana*	(Rapp, 1829)	synonym

Literature

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). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 76(1): 127.
new combination reference	Grajales, A.; Rodríguez, E. (2014). Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea). Zootaxa. 3826(1): 55-100.
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. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 74: 130-132.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829). 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:1264073