Exaiptasia diaphana

Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di, Arossa, Silvia, Pica, Daniela, Bastari, Azzurra, Torsani, Fabrizio & Cerrano, Carlo, 2020, Phenology of Anemonia viridis and Exaiptasia diaphana (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from marine temperate ecosystems Abstract, Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (1), pp. 40-50 : 46

Exaiptasia diaphana

Individuals of E. diaphana were mostly retrieved in sheltered substrates, with high water exchange and current exposure. The maximum depth that limits their distribution at Passetto was 3 m. Contrary to A. viridis , E. diaphana was usually observed on shady and vertical/ subvertical surfaces, where it tends to strongly attach and to colonize the micro asperities found on the substrate.