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A little discovery to share.
Coeloplana willeyi mimics coralline algae.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Coeloplana willeyi
- Scientific name
- Coeloplana willeyi
- Japanese name
- ベニクラゲムシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Tentaculata
- Order
- Platyctenida
- Family
- Coeloplanidae
- Genus
- Coeloplana
How the Coeloplana willeyi lives
It lives under stones in the area covered and uncovered by the tides. It lacks the comb plates used for swimming and cannot swim. It usually crawls along the seabed.
黒潮生物研究所Basic data
- Range
- The coast of Japan
Where the Coeloplana willeyi 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
- ベニクラゲムシ
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 — ベニクラゲムシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 黒潮生物研究所 — 本気のかくれんぼ―クラゲムシを探せ―Checked: 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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