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Reproductive Data for Calliactis polypus
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occurrence common on and around reefs to depths of 40 m. Nearly always found on the columella and along the inner lip of a shell inhabited by hermit crabs of the genus Dardanus, beneath the crab's body.
references W. J. Cooke, in Reef and Shore Fauna, 1977

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Cnidaria
class Anthozoa (subclass Hexacorallia)
order Actiniaria
family Hormathiidae
genus Calliactis
species polypus
reproduction method dioecious; oviparous; planula larvae