Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Nynantheae > Infraorder Thenaria > Superfamily Acontiaria > Family Hormathiidae > Genus Calliactis

Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calliactis*	Verrill, 1869	accepted genus name

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: parasitic anemone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Parasitic Anemone sources: Charles Hussey

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: Schmarotzerrose

Greek: Παγουρανεμώνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: anémona del ermitaño

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Couch, R. Q. 1844. A Cornish fauna, being a compendium of the natural history of the country. Pt. 3. The zoophytes and calcareous corallines. Truro: Printed for the Royal Institution of Cornwall, by L.E. Gillet,1844. pp. i-xvii; 1-164.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GenBank (40 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Fautin, D. (2014). Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842). In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100946