MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 14205 Sandy beaches, central Sea of Hyuga-nada
Relevant municipalities | Miyazaki, Takanabe, Shintomi, Kawaminami, Tsuno, Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 203 |
Selected by MARXAN software. Also selected by experts as an important nest sites for sea turtles.
These waters extend along the sandy shores from the southern Sea of Hyuga-nada in Miyazaki Prefecture and the vicinity of the mouth of the Mimigawa River through the mouth of the Hitotsuse River to the vicinity of the mouth of the Oyodo River. These waters are important as the waters in front of a loggerhead turtle spawning ground (Iwamoto et al., 1985; Iwamoto et al., 1991; Ministry of the Environment, 2001). Hitotsuba Lagoon at the mouth of the Oyodo River in the city of Miyazaki is home to highly diverse benthic organisms and bird species, including 36 species of shellfish (rare species commonly can be seen here), 34 species of decapods, and 39 bird species (Miura et al., 2005).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | 0.6 |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | 3.2 |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | 34.8 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 54 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Pisces> |
Lates japonicus (Japanese lates) |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Criteria 2 |
<Aves> |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern) |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern)[Br/Ne] |
Charadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)[Br/Ne] |
<Reptilia> |
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) |
<Pisces> |
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Chicken grunt)[Sp] |
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp] |
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp] |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp] |
<Cephalopoda> |
Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Bigfin Reef Squid) |
Criteria 3 |
<Aves> |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern) |
<Pisces> |
Lates japonicus (Japanese lates) |
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel) |
Gymnogobius macrognathos |
<Insecta> |
Cicindela anchoralis |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Criteria 7 |
<Reptilia> |
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Stenomelania rufescens |
* 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