Astropecten scoparius
Amazing fact
The Momiji sand star moves as if kicking the sand with tube feet that lack suckers.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海
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The Momiji sand star moves as if kicking the sand with tube feet that lack suckers.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Astropecten scoparius
- Scientific name
- Astropecten scoparius
- Japanese name
- モミジガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Paxillosida
- Family
- Astropectinidae
- Genus
- Astropecten
How the Astropecten scoparius lives
It covers its food with its body when catching it.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海Basic data
- Diet
- Shellfish and other small animals
- Range
- Hokkaido to Kyushu
Where the Astropecten scoparius 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
- モミジガイ
- 한국어
- 전갈가시불가사리
- Português (Brasil)
- Estrela-pente-nipônica
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 — モミジガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — モミジガイ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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