'Parasitic' Anemone

Calliactis parasitica

• Group: Anemone

This anemone often rides aboard a hermit crab's borrowed shell, its name a poor fit since the partnership benefits both. It lives on sandy, muddy and shelly bottoms around the Mediterranean from a few metres down to about a hundred.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Actiniaria › Hormathiidae › Calliactis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 100946.