Ophiochiton fastigatus
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
In the Kumano Sea it is found in nets dragged along the deep seafloor.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ophiochiton fastigatus
- Scientific name
- Ophiochiton fastigatus
- Japanese name
- リュウコツクモヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Amphilepidida
- Family
- Ophionereididae
- Genus
- Ophiochiton
Basic data
- Range
- South of Sagami Bay and the Kumano Sea
Where the Ophiochiton fastigatus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- リュウコツクモヒトデ
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 — リュウコツクモヒトデChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museum Victoria — Ophiochiton fastigatusChecked: 2026-11-09
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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