Stylobates calcifer

Stylobates calcifer is a species of carcinoecium-forming sea anemone in Japan. S. calcifer produces carcinoecium that forms a thin cover around the hermit crab species Pagurodofleinia doederleini. P. deoderleini shares a symbiotic relationship with S. calcifer. S. calcifer inhabits the top of the hermit crab's shell attaching itself by the carcinoecium it produces. The anemone feeds on the suspended particulates of organic matter from the water column or the food residuals.[1] It lives at a depth of 100 to 400 meters (330 to 1,310 ft) around the Pacific side of Kyushu, Japan.[2]

Stylobates calcifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actiniidae
Genus: Stylobates
Species:
S. calcifer
Binomial name
Stylobates calcifer
(Yoshikawa, Izumi, Moritaki, Kimura, & Yanagi, 2022)

The Stylobates Calcifer is distinct from the other organisms in its species due to the shape of the marginal sphincter muscle, the distribution of cnidae, the direction of the oral disk, and host association. [3]  

References
  1. Yoshikawa, Akihiro; Izumi, Takato; Moritaki, Takeya; Kimura, Taeko; Yanagi, Kensuke (April 2022). "Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations". The Biological Bulletin. 242 (2): 127–152. doi:10.1086/719160. ISSN 1939-8697. PMID 35580031.
  2. "New Species of Symbiotic Sea Anemone Discovered Off Coast of Japan | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. Yoshikawa, Akihiro; Izumi, Takato; Moritaki, Takeya; Kimura, Taeko; Yanagi, Kensuke (2022-04-01). "Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations". The Biological Bulletin. 242 (2): 127–152. doi:10.1086/719160. ISSN 0006-3185.


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