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The number of arms varies between orange sun stars.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Orange Sun Star
- Scientific name
- Solaster paxillatus
- Japanese name
- ニチリンヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Solasteridae
- Genus
- Solaster
It is found along the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, in Sagami Bay, the Kumano Sea, Tosa Bay and the Sea of Japan.
Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Sagami Bay, Kumano-nada, Tosa Bay, and Sea of Japan
Where the Orange Sun 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
- ニチリンヒトデ
- 简体中文
- 带棘突束太阳海星？
- 繁體中文
- 帶棘突束太陽海星？
- 한국어
- 주황햇님불가사리
- Русский
- Соластер столбчатый
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 — ニチリンヒトデ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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