Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Metridioidea > Family Hormathiidae > Genus Calliactis

Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CalliactisVerrill, 1869accepted genus name
Adamsia Forbes, 1840 synonym

Species group names

Actinia parasitica Couch, 1842 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: anemonia hermite sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Catalan: anèmona del Bernat ermità sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Dutch: heremietzeeanemoon sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 English: hermit anemone; hermit crab anemone; parasitic anemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: anémone parasite; anémone solitaire sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Einsiedlerrose; Schmarotzerrose sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Greek: Παγουρανεμώνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: anémona del ermitaño

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Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100946

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