MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 15209 Kushikino coast
Relevant municipalities | Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 30 |
Selected due to high levels for the criteria 1, and selected by MARXAN software.
These are the waters in the vicinity of Matsuyama beach on the Kushikino coast. Here is an ecosystem of expansive sandy beaches that continue from Fukiagehama.
Tidal mud flats (km2) | 0.048 |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | 0.2 |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | 6.5 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 32.5 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Cyclina sinensis |
Angustassiminea castanea |
Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Assiminea estuarina |
Corbicula japonica |
Angustassiminea yoshidayukioi |
Criteria 2 |
<Reptilia> |
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) |
<Pisces> |
Trichiurus japonicus (Largehead hairtail)[Sp] |
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp] |
Scomber japonicus (Chub mackerel)[Sp] |
Criteria 3 |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Batillaria zonalis |
Cyclina sinensis |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Littorina brevicula |
Criteria 7 |
<Reptilia> |
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Batillaria zonalis |
Clithon sowerbianus |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Cerithideopsilla cingulata |
Truncatella pfeifferi |
Corbicula japonica |
* 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