Granulated sea star
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Young granulated sea stars differ from adults in body color and markings.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Granulated sea star
- Scientific name
- Choriaster granulatus
- Japanese name
- カワテブクロ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Genus
- Choriaster
How the Granulated sea star lives
It lives in coral reef waters.
National Museum of Natural ScienceBasic data
- Range
- South of the Nansei Islands
Where the Granulated sea star 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
- カワテブクロ
- 简体中文
- 粒皮瘤海星
- 繁體中文
- 粒皮瘤海星
- Français
- Etoile-coussin granuleuse
- Deutsch
- Walzenseestern
- Italiano
- Stella marina granulata
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 — カワテブクロChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — カワテブクロChecked: 2026-11-07
- National Museum of Natural Science — The rare granulated sea star - Choriaster granulatesChecked: 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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