Starfish - Starfish

Japanese: ヤツデヒトデ - やつでひとで
Starfish - Starfish

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Asteroidea, family Asteroidae. A starfish with eight thin, tough arms that can be found on rocks or under stones on the shoreline. The arms are prone to falling off at the base and regenerating, so the number and length are irregular, with some having five to ten. The surface of the arms has many short, thorn-like protrusions, giving it a rough feel. The arms are about 5 to 6 centimeters long. Pale blue spots are irregularly mixed in on a black-brown background. There are two anuses and two to four porous plates. There are suckers at the tips of the tube feet, allowing them to climb up rocks. They are often parasitized by a type of crustacean called a larva, which is shaped like an internal organ, inside their bodies. They spawn in the summer. They can also divide their body into two to multiply. They are found in shallow waters south of central Honshu, the Indian Ocean, and the Western Pacific Ocean.

[Michio Shigei]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

棘皮(きょくひ)動物門ヒトデ綱ヒトデ科に属する海産動物。磯(いそ)の岩の上や石の下などにみられる、細くて硬い8本腕をもつヒトデ。腕は根元から切れ落ちやすく、また再生しやすいので数や長さが不ぞろいとなり、5本のものから10本のものまである。腕の表面には短い棘(とげ)のような突起が多数あり、ざらざらした感じがする。腕長5~6センチメートルぐらい。黒褐色の地に淡青色の斑(ふ)が不規則に入り混じる。肛門(こうもん)は2個、多孔板(たこうばん)は2~4個ある。管足の先端に吸盤があり、岩の上をはい登ることができる。体内にはオカダシダムシという、内臓のような形に変化した甲殻類の一種が寄生していることが多い。産卵期は夏。体を二分割して増えることもある。本州中部以南、インド洋、西太平洋の浅海域に分布する。

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