Coastal Area 16202 Adjacent waters of Takeno coast and Maruyama River mouth

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These waters extend from the Kasumi Coast (fishing port) to the Port of Shibayama, Cape Nekozaki, the mouth of the Maruyama River (Tsuiyama Bay), and the Kumihama Coast (Shotenkyo, Kazuranohama). Off the Takeno Coast are seaweed beds with high levels of diversity (Nakaoka, personal communication). Natural sandy shores still remain from Kumihama Bay to the Tango Peninsula, confirmed to be home to abundant floral communities as well as insects that live in the sands (particularly Hagenomyia micans, scoliid wasps, sand wasps and others). It is worth noting that four species of Hagenomyia micans can be seen in this area as well (Matsura, 1989). Aside from insects, among plants a valuable rare community of Veronica ornata can be seen here too (Sunose et al., 1999).