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Tobishima Coral Colony
飛島サンゴ類群棲地 · Tobishimasangoruigunseichi
- Designated by
- Prefectural / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Habitat / breeding site
- Designated on
- November 24, 1956
- Location
- 山形県酒田市
- Prefectures
- Yamagata
- Scientific name
- Rhizopsammia minuta mutsuensis
About the Mutsu Coral
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.
Natural Monuments related to the Mutsu Coral →About the Onomichi Yellow Coral
This is a coral that grows in colonies in the waters around Tobishima Island in Yamagata Prefecture, adapted to cooler seas unlike reef-building corals. Its colonies attach to rock. Coral aggregations this far north in the Sea of Japan are unusual, so the habitat is protected as a whole.
Natural Monuments related to the Onomichi Yellow Coral →Map
Approximate location of the designated site (municipality centre).
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The designated site is in 山形県酒田市.
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