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Calliactis (anemones)

Synonyms: Calliactus

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Calliactis algoaensis
Calliactis androgyna
Calliactis annulata
Calliactis argentacolorata
Calliactis armillatas
Calliactis brevicornis
Calliactis conchiola
Calliactis japonica
Calliactis marmorata
Calliactis parasitica (Hermit anemone)
Calliactis polypores
Calliactis polypus (Shell-dwelling anemone)
Calliactis reticulata
Calliactis sinensis
Calliactis tigris
Calliactis tricolor (hermit anemone)
Calliactis valdiviae
Calliactis variegata
Calliactis xishaensis

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0