Aiptasia pallida | GulfBase

Min Depth

0 meters

Max Depth

22 meters

Overall Geographic Range

southeast United States (warm temperate waters south of Cape Hatteras to Key Largo)

Habitat-Biology

benthic
epibiotic
hard substrate
coral reef

Microhabitat

coral pieces
seagrass patches

References

Carlgren, O. 1952. Actiniaria from North America. Arkiv för Zoologi 3(30): 373–390.
Carlgren, O., and J. W. Hedgpeth. 1952. Actiniaria, Zoantharia and Ceriantharia from shallow water in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. University of Texas, Publications of the Institute of Marine Science 2(21): 142–172.
Cary, L. R. 1906. A contribution to the fauna of the coast of Louisiana. Gulf Biological Station Bulletin 6: 50–59.
Gunter, G., and R. A. Geyer. 1955. Studies on fouling organisms of the northwest Gulf of Mexico. University of Texas, Publications of the Institute of Marine Science 4: 38–67.
Hedgpeth, J. W. 1954. Anthozoa: the anemones. Pp. 285–290 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.
Herrera Moreno, A. 1981. Nuevos registros de anemones (Coelenterata: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia) para aguas cubanas. Poeyana 214: 1–3.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Fautin, D. G. and M. Daly. 2009. Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Zoanthidea (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 349–357 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-03-2024.

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