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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates

Hanasango-modoki (coral)

This is a coral found in the sea off Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture. It forms colonies in waters warmed by the Kuroshio Current and provides shelter for reef creatures. Together with its habitat, it is protected as an example of corals along the island's coast.

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Other invertebrates
Prefectures
Kagoshima
日本語
ハナサンゴモドキ
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花珊瑚拟似种

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The Hanasango-modoki (coral) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (1 designation). This is a coral found in the sea off Tanegashima in…

The Hanasango-modoki (coral) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kagoshima.

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