Reproductive Data for Calliactis polypus
egg diameter | - |
reproductive season | - |
development | - |
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 |