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Coastal Area 13701 East coast of Kurahashijima Island

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture
Area (km2) 18

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters off the east coast of Kurahashijima Island.

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2) 0.8
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 0.8
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 22.9
Rate of natural coast (%) 43.8
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 2
<Mamal>
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Fineless porpoise)
<Aves>
Egretta sacra (Pacific Reef-egret)[Br/Ne]
<Cephalopoda>
Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)
Criteria 3
<Pisces>
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel)
Leucopsarion petersii (Ice goby )
Criteria 7
<Vascular Plants>
Aster tripolium (Sea aster)
Artemisia fukudo

* 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

 

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