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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
It often clings to sea stars, sunken wood and other things.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ophiopholis brachyactis
- Scientific name
- Ophiopholis brachyactis
- Japanese name
- ジュズヒモクモヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Amphilepidida
- Family
- Ophiopholidae
- Genus
- Ophiopholis
A brittle star often found on the deep seafloor in places like Sagami Bay and the Kumano Sea.
Basic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay, the Kumano Sea, and elsewhere
Where the Ophiopholis brachyactis 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
- ジュズヒモクモヒトデ
- 简体中文
- 短腕紫蛇尾
- 繁體中文
- 短腕紫蛇尾
- 한국어
- 완뿔거미불가사리
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 — ジュズヒモクモヒトデ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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