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
