MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 14402 Eastern Tanegashima Island
Relevant municipalities | Nishinoomote, Nakatane, Kagoshima Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 38 |
Selected due to high levels for the criteria 3 and 6, and selected by MARXAN software.
These are the waters from Okigahamada to the port of Masuda on the east side of Tanegashima Island. Highly diverse coral species grow in the vicinity of the Port of Oshioya, including rare species (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | 33.7 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 87.7 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Hexacorallia> |
Euphyllia paraglabrescens |
Criteria 2 |
<Pisces> |
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp] |
Scomber australasicus (Blue mackerel)[Sp] |
Trichiurus japonicus (Largehead hairtail)[Sp] |
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp] |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp] |
Scomber japonicus (Chub mackerel)[Sp] |
Criteria 3 |
<Insecta> |
Cicindela anchoralis |
Cicindela sumatrensis niponensis |
<Hexacorallia> |
Acanthastrea hemprichii |
Acanthastrea ishigakiensis |
Acropora anthocercis |
Acropora listeri |
Acropora solitaryensis |
Acropora striata |
Acropora verweyi |
Alveopora excelsa |
Alveopora japonica |
Astreopora incrustans |
Coscinaraea hahazimaensis |
Euphyllia ancora |
Euphyllia paraglabrescens |
Goniastrea deformis |
Goniopora cellulosa |
Leptoseris yabei |
Montipora friabilis |
Pavona cactus |
Pavona decussata |
Turbinaria mesenterina |
Turbinaria peltata |
Turbinaria reniformis |
Turbinaria stellulata |
* 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