Pachycerianthus magnus
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The tube that Pachycerianthus magnus lives in is very soft and springy.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pachycerianthus magnus
- Scientific name
- Pachycerianthus magnus
- Japanese name
- ヒメハナギンチャク
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Ceriantharia
- Family
- Cerianthidae
- Genus
- Pachycerianthus
Tube anemones build a tube from the slime they give off, and move up and down inside it.
How the Pachycerianthus magnus lives
It lives in sandy patches somewhat exposed to the open sea.
ニフレルBasic data
- Range
- South of central Honshu
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
- ヒメハナギンチャク
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 — ヒメハナギンチャクChecked: 2026-11-04
- ニフレル — ヒメハナギンチャク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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