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title: "Hitchhiker Anemone"
description: "Calliactis tricolor — Andere dieren. Calliactis tricolor, the tricolor anemone or hitchhiking anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hitchhiker-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hitchhiker Anemone

> Calliactis tricolor — Andere dieren. Calliactis tricolor, the tricolor anemone or hitchhiking anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae.

- Scientific name: *Calliactis tricolor*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 839
- Wikidata: [Q2398683](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2398683)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320158](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320158)

## Names

- en: Hitchhiker Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

US (277), BR (10), AR (3)

## Summary

Calliactis tricolor, the tricolor anemone or hitchhiking anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae. It occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It can be found attached to rocks but is often attached to a living crab or mollusc or an empty shell occupied by a hermit crab.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliactis_tricolor

## Photo

![Hitchhiker Anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hitchhiker-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brady Reed · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164226891

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hitchhiker-anemone?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).