Calliactis tricolor

Calliactis tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Hormathiidae
Genus: Calliactis
Species:
C. tricolor
Binomial name
Calliactis tricolor
(Lesueur, 1817) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Actinia bicolor Le Sueur, 1817
  • Actinia tricolor Le Sueur, 1817
  • Adamsia bicolor Le Sueur, 1817
  • Adamsia egletes Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1866
  • Adamsia tricolor (Le Sueur, 1817)
  • Calliactis bicolor (Le Sueur)
  • Calliactis egletes Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti
  • Cereus bicolor

Calliactis tricolor, the tricolor anemone or hitchhiking anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae. It occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It can be found attached to rocks but is often attached to a living crab or mollusc or an empty shell occupied by a hermit crab.

  1. ^ a b Fautin, Daphne (2010). "Calliactis tricolor (Lesueur, 1817)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-01.