Calliactis polypus Hermit Crab Anemone

Calliactis polypus is commonly referred to as Hermit Crab Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

905 

AphiaID:

220515 

Scientific:

Calliactis polypus 

German:

Einsiedler-Symbioseanemone 

English:

Hermit Crab Anemone 

Category:

Актинии 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Hormathiidae (Family) > Calliactis (Genus) > polypus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forsskål, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Africa, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Mozambique, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, South-Pazific 

Sea depth:

0 - 638 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

39.74 °F - 70.16 °F (4.3°C - 21.2°C) 

Food:

Dustfood , Fish (little fishes), Plankton, Smelts, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Calliactis algoaensis
• Calliactis androgyna
• Calliactis annulata
• Calliactis argentacoloratus
• Calliactis brevicornis
• Calliactis conchicola
• 
  Calliactis japonica
  Symbioseanemone
• 
  Calliactis parasitica
  Schmarotzerrose
• Calliactis polypores
• 
  Calliactis polypus
  Einsiedler-Symbioseanemone
• Calliactis reticulata
• Calliactis sinensis
• 
  Calliactis tricolor
  Einsiedler-Anemone
• Calliactis variegata
• Calliactis vincentina
• Calliactis xishaensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Calliactis palliata
  Mantelaktinie, Schmarotzer-Seerose

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-21 07:30:20 

Last edit:

2022-12-26 22:55:56 

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