Note:

Vive in simbiosi stretta col paguro della famiglia Prideaux,  proteggendolo e sfruttandone la vagilità.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Radiata - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Infrakingdom: Coelenterata - Leuckart, 1847
Phylum: Cnidaria - Hatschek, 1888 - Cnidarians
Subphylum: Anthozoa - (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Corals, Flower Animals
Class: Anthozoa - Ehrenberg, 1831 - Corals, Flower Animals
Subclass: Zoantharia
Order: Actiniaria - Sea Anemones
Family: Hormathiidae
Genus: Adamsia
Specific name: carciniopados - (Bohadsch, 1761)
Scientific name: - Adamsia carciniopados (Bohadsch, 1761)