Exaiptasia diaphana
Pale Anemone
As recorded: Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Actiniaria › Aiptasiidae
- Collected by
- R.C. DeFelice
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; sheet piling in thermal discharge from Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) Waiau Plant
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3845, -157.9600
- Depth
- 1 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Exaiptasia diaphana observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 30 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-28.
2026-07-28
Kalia Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Soleil.C, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-28
Kalia Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Soleil.C, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-28
Kalia Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Soleil.C, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-28
Kalia Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Soleil.C, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-22
Kailua, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-22
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Exaiptasia diaphana. BPBM 1049. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34875255. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/d/1049.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 34875255 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026