Biscay glass anemone

Exaiptasia diaphana

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–22 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsApril, August, and November
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Exaiptasia diaphana, the pale anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the genus Exaiptasia.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 177 records
February: 146 records
March: 128 records
April: 218 records
May: 170 records
June: 135 records
July: 150 records
August: 187 records
September: 144 records
October: 159 records
November: 194 records
December: 164 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–22 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 16 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 19 records
20–22 °C: 9 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 23 records
26–28 °C: 57 records
28–30 °C: 15 records

Photos

(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Richard Stovall, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Biscay glass anemone, brown glass anemone, Caribbean pale anemone, glass anemone, pale anemone, small rock anemone, white speckled anemone, yellow aiptasia, yellow glass rose anemone

Names in 4 more languages

German: Biskaya-Glasrose, Blasse Glasrose, Blasse Karibik-Anemone, Gelbe Aiptasie, Gelbe Glasrose, Gelbe Siebanemone, Glasrose
Spanish: aiptasia amarilla
French: Aiptasie diaphane, aiptasie jaune, anémone de verre, anémone transparente
Simplified Chinese: 美麗固邊海葵

Other scientific names: 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, Cribrina diaphana, Disactis mimosa, Dysactis mimosa, Dysactis minuta, Dysactis pallida, Exaiptasia pallida, Paranthea minuta, Paranthea pallida

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,035 open-data records from 1959 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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