Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1844)
'Parasitic' anemone
Calliactis parasitica
photo by Giourgis, Hector

Family:  Hormathiidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  sessile; marine
Distribution:  Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Diagnosis:  Column Size: 8 to 10 cm in height. Column: robust and cylindrical. Color: whitish or yellowish, with a dozen broad longitudinal brown scratches. Tentacles: 3 cm long; yellow gray, slightly transparent; they are numerous. Aconties: long irritant purple filaments; projected with each shock or contact (Ref. 363).
Biology:  Column Size: 8 to 10 cm in height. Fishing is done artisanalement, with the dredger. Consumed primarily in Sicily. The species meets on all the Mediterranean circumference between a few meters and a hundred meters, on sandy-muddy or detrital substrates (Ref. 363). Known from infra- and circalittoral as well as bathyal zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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