Red starfish - Red starfish

Japanese: アカヒトデ - あかひとで
Red starfish - Red starfish

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Asteroidea, family Acanthidae. This beautiful crimson-colored starfish is found on rocks in slightly deep areas of shorelines, with rounded, slender, spineless and smooth arms. The surface of the arms is lined with regular rows of small rectangular ossicles. A small snail called the red starfish Acanthurus yadorininina often forms bumps on the surface of the arms and parasitizes them. Unlike other starfish, it does not have the habit of feeding on useful fish and shellfish. It is commonly found in the rocky reefs of shallow waters south of Honshu and Southeast Asia.

[Michio Shigei]

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Red starfish (ecology)
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Red starfish (ecology)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

棘皮(きょくひ)動物門ヒトデ綱ホウキボシ科に属する海産動物。磯(いそ)のやや深い所の岩の上にみられる朱赤色の美しいヒトデで、腕は丸みを帯びて細く、とげがなくてつるつるしている。腕の表面には四角形の小骨板が縦横に規則正しい列をなして並んでいる。アカヒトデヤドリニナという小形の巻き貝がしばしば腕の表面にこぶをつくって寄生している。ほかのヒトデのように有用な魚貝類を食害する習性はない。本州以南、東南アジア方面の浅海の岩礁帯に普通に分布する。

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アカヒトデ(生態)
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