Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The bafun sea urchin is also used as food by people.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
- Scientific name
- Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
- Japanese name
- バフンウニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Echinoida
- Family
- Strongylocentrotidae
- Genus
- Hemicentrotus
It got its name, bafun (horse dung), because its shape and color look like horse droppings.
Basic data
- Range
- Northern Honshu to southern Kyushu
Where the Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus 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
- バフンウニ
- 简体中文
- 马粪海胆
- 繁體中文
- 馬糞海膽
- 한국어
- 말똥성게
- Português (Brasil)
- Ouriço-do-mar-de-Palau
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 — バフンウニChecked: 2026-11-04
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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