MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 22301 Northeast offshore of Okinoshima Island
Relevant municipalities | |
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Area (km2) | 168 |
Selected due to high levels for the criteria 4, and selected by MARXAN software.
These are the waters about 10 km northeast of Okinoshima Island. These waters are habitat to Octocorallia coral.
Tidal mud flats (km2) | |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | - |
Rate of natural coast (%) | - |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Octocorallia> |
Acalycigorgia wireni |
Pennatula inermis |
Criteria 2 |
<Pisces> |
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp] |
Trichiurus japonicus (Largehead hairtail)[Sp] |
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp] |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp] |
Pagrus major (Red seabream)[Sp] |
<Cephalopoda> |
Todarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid) |
Criteria 4 |
<Octocorallia> |
Acalycigorgia wireni |
Acanthogorgia hedlundi |
Anthogorgia bocki |
Chromonephthea imaharai |
Dendronephthya splendens |
Halisceptrum album |
Pennatula inermis |
Pseudocladochonus hicksoni |
Ptilosarcus brevicaulis |
Scytalium martensii |
* This is the species list of which meet the criteria. In that matter, this list does not include all species that inhabit the individual area.
Abbreviation in the information is as follows.
[Br/Ne] : Adjacent water of breeding area or nesting site
[Sp] : spawning area
[Ad] : species not used for analysis but add to the list because inhabit information was collected later
[Ex] : species used for analysis but considered to be possibly extinct in the EBSA region (area)
No mark : data of species distribution