Asterias amurensis (English spelling) Asteriasamurensis

Japanese: Asterias amurensis(英語表記)Asteriasamurensis
Asterias amurensis (English spelling) Asteriasamurensis

...The octopus starfish, which is found from Hokkaido to the Tohoku region, causes damage to abalone.
[Starfish]
The starfish Asterias amurensis , also known as the red starfish, is distributed from Hokkaido to the Seto Inland Sea, where it lives on sandy and muddy bottoms from the coast to a depth of about 100m. The body color varies from pale yellow to pale purple depending on the individual, and in Tokyo Bay there are ones that are almost entirely yellow, which are also called yellow starfish.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Asterias amurensis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北海道から東北地方に分布するタコヒトデはアワビに被害を与える。
[ヒトデ]
 ヒトデAsterias amurensisはマヒトデとも呼ばれ,北海道から瀬戸内海に分布し,沿岸から水深約100mまでの砂泥底にすむ。体は淡黄色から淡紫色まで個体によって変異があり,東京湾ではほとんど黄色のものがおり,これにキヒトデという別名がつけられている。…

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