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