Myriopathes japonica
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Umikaramatsu black coral spreads its branches in a pine-tree shape.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Myriopathes japonica
- Scientific name
- Myriopathes japonica
- Japanese name
- ウミカラマツ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Antipatharia
- Family
- Myriopathidae
- Genus
- Myriopathes
How the Myriopathes japonica lives
It lives in areas with fast-flowing currents. It can grow in groups or on its own. Shrimps, crabs and other animals live among its branches.
국립해양생물자원관Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast south of central Honshu
Where the Myriopathes japonica 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 — ウミカラマツChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 해송 Myriopathes japonicaChecked: 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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