Macrophiothrix nereidina
Amazing fact
Ophiothrix nereidina is hard to spot because it lives hidden under rubble and other objects.
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Ophiothrix nereidina is hard to spot because it lives hidden under rubble and other objects.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Macrophiothrix nereidina
- Scientific name
- Macrophiothrix nereidina
- Japanese name
- アオスジクモヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Amphilepidida
- Family
- Ophiotrichidae
- Genus
- Macrophiothrix
Basic data
- Range
- South of the Boso Peninsula
Where the Macrophiothrix nereidina has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アオスジクモヒトデ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アオスジクモヒトデChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Macrophiothrix nereidinaChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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