Aiptasia

Translingual

Aiptasia mutablis

Etymology

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

Aiptasia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Aiptasiidae – the triffids.

Hypernyms

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

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[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