Calliactis
Genus of sea anemones
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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]
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| Hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) with Calliactis species attached to its shell. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Hormathiidae |
| Genus: | Calliactis Verrill, 1869 |
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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
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