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Its spines are long and slender, much longer than the width of its shell.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Caenopedina mirabilis
- Scientific name
- Caenopedina mirabilis
- Japanese name
- オトメガゼ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Pedinoida
- Family
- Pedinidae
- Genus
- Caenopedina
It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in somewhat deep water, from Sagami Bay to Kyushu and around Noto, Sado and Yamagata.
Basic data
- Range
- South of Sagami Bay to Kyushu, Noto, Sado, and Yamagata
Where the Caenopedina mirabilis 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
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 — オトメガゼ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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