Aiptasiidae

Aiptasia is a genus of a symbiotic cnidarian belonging to the subphylum 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 cons

Aiptasiidae is a family of sea anemones, comprising the following genera:

species of cnidarian

Bartholomea is a genus of sea anemones in the family Aiptasiidae.

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.

species of cnidarian

species of sea anemone native to shallow waters in the temperate eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea