Astrocladus coniferus
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Seno basket stars vary widely in body shape and color from animal to animal.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海
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Seno basket stars vary widely in body shape and color from animal to animal.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Astrocladus coniferus
- Scientific name
- Astrocladus coniferus
- Japanese name
- セノテヅルモヅル
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Euryalida
- Family
- Gorgonocephalidae
- Genus
- Astrocladus
It lives in Japanese seas south of the Boso Peninsula and in the seas around the Korean Peninsula.
It catches shrimp and other small creatures with its outspread arms and eats them.
Basic data
- Diet
- Shrimp and other small animals
- Range
- South of the Boso Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula
Where the Astrocladus coniferus 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 — セノテヅルモヅルChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — セノテヅルモヅル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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