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なまこ等の生き物図鑑。The photographic guide to animals, including sea cucumbers.

アカヒトデ / Certonardoa semiregularis

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アカヒトデは、貝類を好んで食べる。
アワビの稚貝も食べたりするので駆除されることも。

This starfish likes to eat shellfish.
They also eat juvenile abalone, so they are often exterminated or trapped for control.

Scientific Name : Certonardoa semiregularis
Family: Ophidiasteridae
Order: Valvatida
Photo taken at Sunshine Aquarium