parasitic sea anemone

Allantactis parasitica

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Hormathiidae

Allantactis is a monotypic genus of sea anemones, and Allantactis parasitica is the only species in the genus. This sea anemone lives at bathyal depths in the North Atlantic Ocean and has a symbiotic relationship with a gastropod mollusc. Description A.

Distribution

parasitic sea anemone — (c) Julien Savoie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Savoie · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 24

Sources and credits

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