Neoferdina japonica
Amazing fact
The Yamato-akamon sea star differs from a close relative in the shape and layout of plates along its upper edge.
Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
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The Yamato-akamon sea star differs from a close relative in the shape and layout of plates along its upper edge.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Neoferdina japonica
- Scientific name
- Neoferdina japonica
- Japanese name
- ヤマトアカモンヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Ophidiasteridae
- Genus
- Neoferdina
Basic data
- Range
- Kii Peninsula
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヤマトアカモンヒトデ
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 — ヤマトアカモンヒトデChecked: 2026-11-04
- Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology — A New Sea-star, Neoferdina japonica, from JapanChecked: 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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