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Aiptasia
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Translingual
thumb|right|Aiptasia mutablis species
Etymology
From mul grc ἀεί always and grc πετάω spread wings, coined by Philip Henry Gosse in reference to the constantly extended tentacles of the anemones.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
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Aiptasiidae family the triffids
Hypernyms
class ; Anthozoa - class; Actiniaria order - order; Aiptasiidae family - family
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