Aiptasia
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Translingual
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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