🦋 Family

Hormathiidae

3 species · Animals

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Calliactis polypus (Forsskål, 1775)

Calliactis polypus is a commensal sea anemone that lives on hermit crab shells in the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea.

Calliactis tricolor (Le Sueur, 1817)

Calliactis tricolor is a symbiotic sea anemone found in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Florida that associates with hermit crabs and other marine animals.

Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)

Calliactis parasitica is a sea anemone that forms a mutualistic association with hermit crabs, found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.

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Actiniidae 44 species Stichodactylidae 7 species Aliciidae 5 species Sagartiidae 5 species Aiptasiidae 3 species Actinodendridae 2 species Actinostolidae 2 species Diadumenidae 2 species

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