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Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Hormathiidae

Genus: Calliactis

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17 species (see list below)
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Calliactis algoaensis
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Calliactis androgyna
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Calliactis annulata
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Calliactis argentacoloratus
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Calliactis brevicornis
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Calliactis conchicola
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Northwest Pacific.

Calliactis japonicaCarlgren, 1928

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Calliactis japonica
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Giourgis, Hector

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Calliactis palliata(Fabricius, 1779)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Calliactis palliata
[Cloak anemone]

Giourgis, Hector

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Calliactis parasitica(Couch, 1844)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Calliactis parasitica
['Parasitic' anemone]
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Calliactis polypores
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Calliactis polypus(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Calliactis polypus
[Outer-hermit sea anemone]
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Calliactis reticulata
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Calliactis sinensis
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O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic

Calliactis tricolor(Le Sueur, 1817)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Calliactis tricolor
[Hermit anemone]
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Calliactis variegata
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Calliactis vincentina
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Calliactis xishaensis
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