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Aiptasiidae
Aiptasiidae is a family of sea anemones, comprising the following genera: * ''Aiptasia'' Gosse, 1858 * '' Aiptasiogeton'' Schmidt, 1972 * '' Bartholomea'' Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Bellactis'' * '' Exaiptasia'' Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014 * '' Laviactis'' Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014 * '' Neoaiptasia'' Parulekar, 1969 * '' Paraiptasia'' England, 1992 * '' Paranthea'' Verrill, 1868 The name (e.g. Verrill) after the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ... refers to the researcher that discovered it, and the year is the date of discovery. References External links * * Metridioidea Cnidarian families {{Actiniaria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiptasiidae
Aiptasiidae is a family of sea anemones, comprising the following genera: * ''Aiptasia'' Gosse, 1858 * '' Aiptasiogeton'' Schmidt, 1972 * '' Bartholomea'' Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Bellactis'' * '' Exaiptasia'' Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014 * '' Laviactis'' Grajales & Rodriguez, 2014 * '' Neoaiptasia'' Parulekar, 1969 * '' Paraiptasia'' England, 1992 * '' Paranthea'' Verrill, 1868 The name (e.g. Verrill) after the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ... refers to the researcher that discovered it, and the year is the date of discovery. References External links * * Metridioidea Cnidarian families {{Actiniaria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiptasia Mutabilis
''Aiptasia mutabilis'', also known as the trumpet anemone, rock anemone, and glass anemone, is a species of anemone typically found attached to substrates in cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Its unique trumpet shape gives it its common name and it can grow to be 12 cm, having a column between 3 and 6 cm in size. Like many cnidarians, they rely on nematocysts for protection and to capture prey. They are not difficult to care for, and can be kept in a home aquarium, although due to their speed of reproduction, can quickly become overpopulated. Description Anatomy and morphology ''Aiptasia mutabilis'' is typically trumpet shaped. It can grow to be 12 cm tall, and the column can have a diameter of 3 cm near the base and 6 cm at the mouth of the organism. The tall column is not segmented, and flares outward to a broad oral disc. The tentacles of ''A. mutabilis'' are shorter in length at the base, and they grow to be finer as you travel towards the end. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomea
Bartholomea is a genus of sea anemones in the family Aiptasiidae. Species The following species are recognized: * ''Bartholomea annulata ''Bartholomea annulata'' is a species of sea anemone in the family Aiptasiidae, commonly known as the ringed anemone or corkscrew anemone. It is one of the most common anemones found on reefs in the Caribbean Sea. Description The ringed anemon ...'' (Le Sueur, 1817) * '' Bartholomea peruviana'' (Pax, 1912) * '' Bartholomea pseudotagetes'' Pax, 1924 * '' Bartholomea werneri'' Watzl, 1922 References Aiptasiidae Hexacorallia genera {{Actiniaria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exaiptasia
''Exaiptasia'' is a genus of sea anemone in the family Aiptasiidae, native to shallow waters in the temperate western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is monotypic with a single species, ''Exaiptasia diaphana,'' and commonly known as the brown anemone, glass anemone, pale anemone, or simply as Aiptasia. Description ''Exaiptasia diaphana'' has a slender brownish or whitish translucent column up to long, girdled by two rows of slits through which acontia (threads armed with nematocysts) can protrude. The oral disc, up to wide, has a central mouth surrounded by a whorl of up to 96 variable-length tentacles; a few of these are extra long, the majority are fairly long and a few are short. Distribution and habitat ''Exaiptasia diaphana'' is a common species of sea anemone occurring in the western Atlantic Ocean, round the coast of the United States from Maine to Florida, and throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs in a range of habi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiptasia
''Aiptasia'' is a genus of a symbiotic cnidarian belonging to the class Anthozoa ( sea anemones, corals). ''Aiptasia'' is a widely distributed genus of temperate and tropical sea anemones of benthic lifestyle typically found living on mangrove roots and hard substrates. These anemones, as well as many other cnidarian species, often contain symbiotic dinoflagellate unicellular algae of the genus ''Symbiodinium'' living inside nutritive cells. The symbionts provide food mainly in the form of lipids and sugars produced from photosynthesis to the host while the hosts provides inorganic nutrients and a constant and protective environment to the algae. Species of ''Aiptasia'' are relatively weedy anemones able to withstand a relatively wide range of salinities and other water quality conditions. In the case of ''A. pallida'' and ''A. pulchella'', their hardiness coupled with their ability to reproduce very quickly and out-compete other species in culture gives these anemones the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metridioidea
Metridioidea is a superfamily of sea anemones in the order Actiniaria. Families in the superfamily Metridioidea include: * Family Acontiophoridae * Family Acricoactinidae * Family Actinoscyphiidae * Family Aiptasiidae * Family Aiptasiomorphidae * Family Aliciidae Aliciidae is a family of sea anemones, comprising the following genera: * '' Alicia'' Johnson, 1861 * '' Cradactis'' McMurrich, 1893 * '' Lebrunia'' Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860 * ''Phyllodiscus ''Phyllodiscus'' is a monotypic ... * Family Amphianthidae * Family Andvakiidae * Family Antipodactinidae * Family Bathyphelliidae * Family Boloceroididae * Family Diadumenidae * Family Gonactiniidae * Family Halcampidae * Family Haliactinidae * Family Hormathiidae * Family Isanthidae * Family Kadosactinidae * Family Metridiidae * Family Nemanthidae * Family Nevadneidae * Family Octineonidae * Family Ostiactinidae * Family Phelliidae * Family Sagartiidae * Family Sagartiomorphidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Anemone
Sea anemones are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates of the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and ''hydra (genus), Hydra''. Unlike jellyfish, sea anemones do not have a Jellyfish#Life history and behavior, medusa stage in their life cycle. A typical sea anemone is a single polyp (zoology), polyp attached to a hard surface by its base, but some species live in soft sediment, and a few float near the surface of the water. The polyp has a columnar trunk topped by an oral disc with a ring of tentacles and a central mouth. The tentacles can be retracted inside the body cavity or expanded to catch passing prey. They are armed with cnidocytes (stinging cells). In many species, additional n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
