Cloak Anemone

Calliactis palliata

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Hormathiidae

Adamsia palliata is a species of sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae. It is usually found growing on a gastropod shell inhabited by the hermit crab, Pagurus prideaux. The anemone often completely envelops the shell and because of this it is commonly known as the cloak anemone or the hermit-crab anemone.

Distribution

Cloak Anemone — (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 142France · 84Spain · 9Belgium · 1Italy · 1

Sources and credits

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