Calliactis

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

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]

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

^ 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

[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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