Scalpellum stearnsi
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Scalpellum stearnsi
- Scientific name
- Scalpellum stearnsi
- Japanese name
- ミョウガガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Thecostraca
- Order
- Scalpellomorpha
- Family
- Scalpellidae
- Genus
- Scalpellum
A crustacean, like shrimp and crabs, living in Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay and the Kumano area.
How the Scalpellum stearnsi lives
As larvae, they swim through the water. As they grow, they release a cement-like substance and attach to rocks or other surfaces. They catch small food with appendages called cirri and eat plankton drifting in the sea.
沖縄美ら海水族館名古屋港水族館Where the Scalpellum stearnsi 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
- ミョウガガイ
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 — ミョウガガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — ミョウガガイChecked: 2026-11-07
- 名古屋港水族館 — 「ふわっと」ひろげて❣「ぱくっと」キャッチ❣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.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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