Adamsia

Adamsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Hormathiidae
Genus:	Adamsia; Forbes, 1840
Species
	See text

Adamsia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Hormathiidae. Species in this genus are mutually symbiotic with hermit crabs. The anemone gets a place to live and discarded scraps of the crab's food in exchange for its help in the crab's defence. As these anemones grow, they secrete a horny membrane, known as a carcinoecium, which overlies the crab's original snail shell and expands the living space of the crab. This means the anemone does not have to change substrate and the crab does not have to seek a larger shell as they both grow.^[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus include:^[2]

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
McMurrich, 1893
Daly et al., 2004
Adamsia palliata (Fabricius, 1779)
(Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Verrill, 1882

References[]

^ "Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Hormathiidae) symbiotic with hermit crabs". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 56: 868–77. Sep 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.001. PMID 20457262.
^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100751 accessed 8 September 2010

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[1] "Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Hormathiidae) symbiotic with hermit crabs". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 56: 868–77. Sep 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.001. PMID 20457262.

[2] ttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100751 accessed 8 September 2010

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