Calliactis

Calliactis is a genus of sea anemones. Species in this genus are mutually symbiotic with hermit crabs. The anemone gets a place to live and discarded scraps of the crab's food in exchange for its help in defending the crab.[1]

Calliactis
Hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) with Calliactis species attached to its shell.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Hormathiidae
Genus: Calliactis
Verrill, 1869
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Calliactus
Calliactis parasitica on the hermit crab Dardanus calidus

Species

Species within the genus include:[2]

  • Calliactis algoaensis
  • Calliactis androgyna
  • Calliactis annulata
  • Calliactis argentacoloratus
  • Calliactis armillatas
  • Calliactis brevicornis
  • Calliactis conchicola
  • Calliactis japonica
  • Calliactis marmorata
  • Calliactis parasitica
  • Calliactis polypores
  • Calliactis polypus
  • Calliactis reticulata
  • Calliactis sinensis
  • Calliactis tricolor
  • Calliactis valdiviae
  • Calliactis variegata
  • Calliactis xishaensis

References
  1. Gusmão LC, Daly M (September 2010). "Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Hormathiidae) symbiotic with hermit crabs". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (3): 868–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.001. PMID 20457262.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Calliactis Verrill, 1869". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-11.


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