Okamebunbuku - Okamebunbuku (English spelling) sea-potato

Japanese: オカメブンブク - おかめぶんぶく(英語表記)sea-potato
Okamebunbuku - Okamebunbuku (English spelling) sea-potato

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Echinoidea, order Polypodinae. Although it is a member of the sea urchin family, its shell is irregularly swollen and covered with light brown hair-like spines. It is 3 to 4 centimeters in size and lives buried deep in the mud. This species normally lives in temperate to subarctic waters at depths of a few to 200 meters, and is found from Hokkaido to the southern tip of Kyushu, the Korean Peninsula, the coast of China, as well as the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With the spines removed, the shell has strange bulges and grooves, resembling a mask of a female Okama, hence the name.

[Michio Shigei]

Cockatiel Flycatcher (Ecology)
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Cockatiel Flycatcher (Ecology)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

棘皮(きょくひ)動物門ウニ綱ブンブク目に属する海産動物。ウニの仲間であるが、殻はいびつに膨れ、淡褐色の体毛のような棘(とげ)で覆われている。大きさは3~4センチメートルで、泥の中に深く潜って生活している。温帯から亜寒帯海域にかけての水深数メートルから200メートルぐらいまでの所に普通にすむ種で、北海道から九州南端、朝鮮半島、中国沿岸、および大西洋、地中海にも分布する。棘(とげ)を取り去った殻には奇妙な膨らみや溝があり、おかめの面に似ているところから名づけられた。

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オカメブンブク(生態)
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オカメブンブク(生態)


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