Aiptasia

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Aiptasia

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Aiptasia

Wikispecies

Aiptasia mutablis

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀεί (aeí, “always”) and πετάω (petáō, “spread wings”), coined by Philip Henry Gosse in reference to the constantly extended tentacles of the anemones.^[1]

Proper noun edit

Aiptasia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Aiptasiidae – the triffids.

Hypernyms edit

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Anthozoa - class; Actiniaria - order; Aiptasiidae - family

References edit

^ 1860, Philip Henry Gosse, A history of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals: Actinologia Britannica. With coloured figures of the species and principal varietes. By Philip Henry Gosse, page 154

[1] 1860, Philip Henry Gosse, A history of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals: Actinologia Britannica. With coloured figures of the species and principal varietes. By Philip Henry Gosse, page 154

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