Asteroidea

Japanese: Asteroidea
Asteroidea

Asteroidea is a type of starfish that is found in the ocean and is classified as a type of echinoderm.
[Starfish]
There are approximately 2,000 species in the world, and around 280 species inhabit Japan, including starfish, sand starfish (illustration), maple shells (illustration), starfish, river star, red starfish (illustration), blue starfish, pectinate starfish (illustration), crown-of-thorns starfish (illustration), Rhododendron starfish, octopus starfish, Japanese starfish (illustration), and manju starfish.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asteroidea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヒトデ綱Asteroideaに属する棘皮(きよくひ)動物の総称,またはそのうちの1種を指す。
[ヒトデ綱]
 世界で約2000種,日本にはヒトデ,スナヒトデ(イラスト),モミジガイ(イラスト),ホシヒトデ,カワテブクロ,アカヒトデ(イラスト),アオヒトデ,イトマキヒトデ(イラスト),オニヒトデ(イラスト),ニチリンヒトデ,タコヒトデ,ヤツデヒトデ(イラスト),マンジュウヒトデなど280種ほどが生息する。…

※「Asteroidea」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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