Aiptasia

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Aiptasia mutablis

Etymology

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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

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Aiptasia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aiptasiidae – the triffids.

Hypernyms

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References

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  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