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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Scarlet psolus lives on surfaces such as rocks.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Scarlet psolus
- Scientific name
- Psolus fabricii
- Japanese name
- スカーレットプソルス
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Dendrochirotida
- Family
- Psolidae
- Genus
- Psolus
Though it looks like a flower, it is a sea cucumber. It lives from the Arctic Ocean to the northwestern Atlantic.
It spreads branched, tree-like tentacles into the water to catch small drifting plankton and bits of organic matter.
It carries the food it catches to the mouth in the center of its tentacles. It can also pull its tentacles back inside its body.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: 7 cm
- Diet
- Zooplankton and organic matter
- Range
- Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the northwestern Atlantic
Where the Scarlet psolus 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
- スカーレットプソルス
- Français
- Psolus écarlate
- Русский
- Псолюс Фабриция
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — スカーレットプソルスChecked: 2026-11-03
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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Places that keep or show the Scarlet psolus
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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