Ikimono KokuhoLiving Treasures of Japan

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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates

Reef-building corals

Reef-building corals build limestone skeletons with the help of algae living in their bodies, forming coral reefs. They grow in colonies in warm, clear shallow seas and shelter many fish and shellfish. Colony sites in the seas of Mie and Kochi Prefectures are protected along with their habitat.

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Other invertebrates
Prefectures
Mie, Kochi
日本語
造礁サンゴ類
简体中文
造礁珊瑚类

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The Reef-building corals is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (2 designations). Reef-building corals build limestone skeletons with the help…

The Reef-building corals is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Mie, Kochi.

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