Calliactis
| Calliactis | |
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| Hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) with Calliactis species attached to its shell. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Hormathiidae |
| Genus: |
Calliactis Verrill, 1869 |
| Species | |
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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 within the genus include:
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