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Pale anemone

Exaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The pale anemone (Exaiptasia diaphana) is a species in the family Aiptasiidae, order Actiniaria.

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Quick facts about the pale anemone

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pale anemone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pale anemone as introduced in 1 country.

  1. France

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pale anemone endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pale anemone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classAnthozoa
  4. orderActiniaria
  5. familyAiptasiidae
  6. genusExaiptasia
  7. SpeciesExaiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)

Synonyms Actinia diaphana, Adamsia diaphana, Aipstasia pulchella, Aiptasia agassizii, Aiptasia californica, Aiptasia diaphana, Aiptasia inula, Aiptasia leiodactyla, Aiptasia mimosa, Aiptasia minuta, Aiptasia pallida, Aiptasia pulchella, Aiptasia saxicola, Aiptasia tagetes, Aiptasioides pallida, Aiptasiomorpha diaphana, Aiptasiomorpha leiodactyla, Aiptasiomorpha minuta, Bartholomea inula, Bartholomea tagetes, Cribina diaphana, Cribrina diaphana, Disactis mimosa, Dysactis mimosa, Dysactis minuta, Dysactis pallida, Exaiptasia pallida, Paranthea minuta, Paranthea pallida

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Biscay glass anemoneEnglish
  • Brown glass anemoneEnglish
  • Caribbean pale anemoneEnglish
  • Glass anemoneEnglish
  • Small rock anemoneEnglish
  • White speckled anemoneEnglish
  • Yellow aiptasiaEnglish
  • Yellow glass rose anemoneEnglish
  • sasanka bledáCzech
  • GlasroseGerman
  • aiptasia amarillaSpanish
  • aiptasie jauneFrench
  • aiptasia giallaItalian
  • Anêmona-trompete-vidroPortuguese
  • 美麗固邊海葵Chinese
  • sasanka průhlednáCzech
  • Biskaya-GlasroseGerman
  • Blasse GlasroseGerman
  • Blasse Karibik-AnemoneGerman
  • Gelbe AiptasieGerman
  • Gelbe GlasroseGerman
  • Gelbe SiebanemoneGerman
  • Aiptasie diaphaneFrench
  • anémone de verreFrench
  • anémone transparenteFrench
  • anemone diafanoItalian

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Relatives of the pale anemone

Other species in the same genus Exaiptasia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pale anemone an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pale anemone as introduced in 1 country: France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pale anemone?

The pale anemone (Exaiptasia diaphana) belongs to the family Aiptasiidae in the order Actiniaria.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pale anemone (Exaiptasia diaphana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-anemone

MLA

“Pale anemone (Exaiptasia diaphana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-anemone.

BibTeX
@misc{pale_anemone_2026,
  title = {Pale anemone (Exaiptasia diaphana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-anemone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}