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Calliactis

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Parasitic Anemone

speciesCalliactis parasitica

Hitchhiker Anemone

speciesCalliactis tricolor

Hermit Crab Anemone

speciesCalliactis polypus

Cloak anemone

speciesCalliactis palliata

Calliactis japonica

speciesCalliactis japonica

Calliactis algoaensis

speciesCalliactis algoaensis

Calliactis tigris

speciesCalliactis tigris

Calliactis conchicola

speciesCalliactis conchicola

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