thumb|[[Calliactis parasitica on the hermit crab Dardanus calidus]]
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.
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 polypores
- Calliactis polypus
- Calliactis reticulata
- Calliactis sinensis
- Calliactis tricolor
- Calliactis valdiviae
- Calliactis variegata
- Calliactis xishaensis
References
External links
- gsmfc.org (PDF)
- marlin.ac.uk
- habitas.org.uk
- ourworld.compuserve.com