Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Actiniaria
Subordo: Nynantheae
Infraordo: Thenaria
Subinfraordo: Endomyaria
Familia: Stichodactylidae
Genus: Stichodactyla
Species: S. gigantea – S. haddoni – S. helianthus – S. mertensii – S. tapetum
Name
Stichodactyla Brandt, 1835
Stichodactyla is a genus of sea anemones, of the family Stichodactylidae. They are host anemones, which maintain a relationship mutualistic with other animals, in their case with crabs of the genus Mithraculus, shrimp of the genus Periclimenes , and with various species of clownfish, of the genus Amphiprion, establishing a relationship of coexistence. In this way, crabs and fish protect themselves from their predators between the stinging tentacles of the anemone, and the anemone benefits from the cleaning of its oral disc and tentacles as a result of the continuous movements of the animals.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species accepts the following species:[1]
Stichodactyla gigantea. (Forskål, 1775)
Stichodactyla haddoni. (Saville-Kent, 1893)
Stichodactyla helianthus. (Ellis, 1768)
Stichodactyla mertensii. Brandt, 1835
Stichodactyla tapetum. (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
References
Fautin, D. (2015). Stichodactyla. In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267869. Consultado el 17-08-2015.
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