''Calliactis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea anemone Sea anemones ( ) are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemone ...

s. 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.

Species

Species within the genus include: *'' Calliactis algoaensis'' *'' Calliactis androgyna'' *'' Calliactis annulata'' *'' Calliactis argentacoloratus'' *'' Calliactis armillatas'' *'' Calliactis brevicornis'' *'' Calliactis conchicola'' *'' Calliactis japonica'' *'' Calliactis marmorata'' *''

Calliactis parasitica ''Calliactis parasitica'' is a species of sea anemone associated with hermit crabs. It lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths between the intertidal zone and . It is up to in size, with up to 700 tentacles, and is ve ...

'' *'' Calliactis polypores'' *'' Calliactis polypus'' *'' Calliactis reticulata'' *'' Calliactis sinensis'' *'' Calliactis tricolor'' *'' Calliactis valdiviae'' *'' Calliactis variegata'' *'' Calliactis xishaensis''

References

External links

gsmfc.org (PDF)habitas.org.uk
* Hormathiidae Hexacorallia genera {{Hexacorallia-stub