Hippasteria imperialis
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
It is a large-growing member of the goniasterid sea stars.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hippasteria imperialis
- Scientific name
- Hippasteria imperialis
- Japanese name
- ヤマトホシヒトデ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Genus
- Hippasteria
Basic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay, Kumano-nada, Tosa Bay, and the East China Sea
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
- ヤマトホシヒトデ
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 — ヤマトホシヒトデChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — まさに皇帝サイズChecked: 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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