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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates
Mutsu Coral
Rhizopsammia minuta mutsuensis
A small solitary coral living in the sea around Tobishima in Yamagata, an unusual coral of cooler waters. It is adapted to conditions very different from tropical reefs, and its habitat is protected as a coral colony site.
- Scientific name
- Rhizopsammia minuta mutsuensis
- Group
- Other invertebrates
- Prefectures
- Yamagata
- 日本語
- ムツサンゴ
- 简体中文
- 陆奥珊瑚
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The Mutsu Coral is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamagata.
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