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. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Hormathiidae |
| Genus: | Calliactis Verrill, 1869 |
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Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Calliactis Verrill, 1869". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calliactis.
- gsmfc.org (PDF)
- marlin.ac.uk
- habitas.org.uk
- ourworld.compuserve.com
- "Calliactis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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