Calliactis
- Actinia decorata Dana 1849
- Actinia parasitica Couch 1838
- Actinia tricolor Leseur 1817
- Calliactis vincentina Pax 1922
- Cereus brevicornis Studer 1878
- Calliactis reticulata Stephenson 1918
- Calliactis algoaënsis Carlgren 1938
- Priapus polypus Forskål 1795
- Calliactis valdiviae Carlgren 1938
- Adamsia fusca Milne-Edwards 1857
- Cereus sinensis Verrill 1869
- Calliactis japonica Carlgren 1928
- Calliactis miriam Haddon and Shackleton 1893
- Calliactis armillatus Verrill 1928
- Calliactis variegata Verrill 1869
Characteristics
Hormathiidae with well developed base. Column smooth, not or only slightly differentiated into scapus (which is often provided with a weak cuticle) and scapulus, often thick, sometimes with numerous ectodermal invaginations, which do not pierce the wall. Cinclides present (always?) in the proximal part of the column. Sphincter strong, mesogloeal. Tentacles rather short, conical, more numerous than the mesenteries at the base, their longitudinal muscles ectodermal. Radial muscles of oral disc more or less embedded in the mesogloea. 2 broad siphonoglyphs. Six pairs of perfect and sterile mesenteries, 2 pairs of directives. Retractors of mesenteries fairly weak, diffuse. Parietobasilar and basilar muscles weak or rather well developed. Often commensal with hermit crabs. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic p-mastigophors.References
Carlgren, O. 1949. A Survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakadamiens Handlingar, series 4, volume 1, number 1.
Title Illustrations
Calliactis parasitica was originally described as Actinia parasitica
| Scientific Name | Calliactis parasitica |
|---|---|
| Location | Madeira Island |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Oscar Ocana from collected specimens |
| Behavior | on hermit crab shell |
| Copyright |
© Peter Wirtz
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About This Page
The information provided on this page is based on Oscar Carlgren's 1949 catalog.Copyright © 1949 Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date. An update of the catalog is currently under preparation in Daphne Fautin's laboratory, and the results of this work will be incorporated in future versions of this page.
Keyboarding of Carlgren's catalog was done as part of a project to create an electronic database of the sea anemones of the world, funded by NSF Grant DEB9521819, awarded to Daphne G. Fautin. This grant is in the program Partnerships to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET). Susanne Hauswaldt, Katherine Pearson, and April Wakefield-Pagels contributed to the keyboarding effort.
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