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 status of pest from the perspective of coral reef aquarium hobbyists. These very characteristics make them easy to grow in the laboratory and thus they are extensively used as model organisms for scientific study. In this respect, Aiptasia have contributed a significant amount of knowledge regarding cnidarian biology, especially human understanding of cnidarian-algal symbioses, a biological phenomenon crucial to the survival of corals and coral reef ecosystems. The dependence of coral reefs on the health of the symbiosis is dramatically illustrated by the devastating effects experienced by corals due to the loss of algal symbionts in response to environmental stress, a phenomenon known as coral bleaching.
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Aiptasia is a genus of a symbiotic cnidarian belonging to the class Anthozoa (sea anemones, corals). Aiptasia is a widely distributed genus of temperate...
Aiptasia mutabilis, also known as the Trumpet anemone, Rock anemone, and Glass anemone, is a species of anemone typically found attached to substrates...
Aiptasia diaphana, commonly known as the yellow aiptasia or glasrose, is a species of sea anemone native to shallow waters in the temperate eastern Atlantic...
state that Berghia coerulescens and other members of Berghia will feed on Aiptasia sp. (sea anemones that are usually considered pests in the marine aquarium...
the new individuals had tentacles within three weeks. The sea anemone Aiptasia diaphana displays sexual plasticity. Thus asexually produced clones derived...
Nomarski micrograph of a ruthenium red-stained nematocyst from Aiptasia pallida, the pale anemone. The red dye stains the polyanionic venom proteins found...
known as the brown anemone, glass anemone, pale anemone, or simply as Aiptasia. Exaiptasia diaphana has a slender brownish or whitish translucent column...
are commonly found in shallow waters and their diet consists of strictly Aiptasia Anemone. This genus is now commonly used commercially to fight off Anemone...
trade in North America, because it is used to control the sea anemone Aiptasia. The size of the body of this species is up to 20 mm. This sea slug lives...
Acreichthys tomentosus, commonly known as the bristle-tail filefish or Aiptasia-eating filefish, is a species of demersal marine fish which belongs to...
forms such as tubeworms, Calliactis parasitica and common glass anemone (Aiptasia, parasitic anemone). Many aquarists introduce the Copperband Butterfly...
Estefanía Rodríguez (27 June 2014). "Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea)". Zootaxa...
powers of regeneration; lost parts swiftly regrow and the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida can be vivisected in the laboratory and then returned to the aquarium...
the genus of Tenacibaculum which has been isolated from the sea anemone (Aiptasia pulchella). "Tenacibaculum". LPSN. "Tenacibaculum aiptasiae Taxon Passport...
life history of a symbiotic zooxanthella in pellets extruded by its host Aiptasia tagetes (Duch. and Mich.) (Coelenterata, Anthozoa)". The Biological Bulletin...
ability to control certain aquarium pests such as sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia. They are known to command high prices on the pet market. The genus is...
needed] They live in symbiosis with sea anemones such Anemonia sulcata, Aiptasia mutabilis, Cribrinopsis crassa and Condylactis aurantiaca, feeding on the...
coral-eating habits can become a nuisance, but on the other hand they are fond of Aiptasia, small sea anemones that often become a pest in seawater aquaria. The sunburst...
culture of Symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone Aiptasia tagetes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology...
species is found in depths of 0 m to 11 m. The species from aquaria eating Aiptasia anemones has been called Berghia verrucicornis, but is actually the species...
marine aquariums. Additionally, these shrimp are known to consume the Aiptasia or "glass" anemone which is regarded as a pest and is difficult to eradicate...
five to seven years. It has been observed as a beneficial predator of Aiptasia and Majano sea anemones. They will eliminate this nuisance pest within...
Double-saddle Butterflyfish has been observed as a beneficial predator of Aiptasia and Majano sea anemones. Like most Raccoon Butterflyfish (C. lunula), C...
culture of Symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone Aiptasia tagetes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology...
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