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No.175 |
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Bays, Inlet Tidal Flats and Nearshore Waters of Miura-hanto
(including Otawa-wan, Moroiso-wan, Aburatsubo-wan, Koajiro-wan, Ena-wan, Oura-kaigan, Jogashima, Kenzaki, Miura-kaigan and Kannon-zaki)
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Criteria for selection:1,2,3 |
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City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
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Wetland type
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Biota
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Habitat
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Reason for selection |
Miura C
Yokosuka C |
Inlet tidal flats,
Salt marshes,
Seagrass beds,
Seaweed beds |
Marine
algae |
Nearshore waters
of Kannonzaki |
Seaweed communities primarily consisting of species of Laminariales and Sargassaceae. |
Seagrasses,
Marine
algae |
Aburatsubo-wan,
Moroiso-wan,
Miura-kaigan,
Koajiro-wan,
Ena-wan and
Oura-kaigan |
[Aburatsubo-wan and Moroiso-wan (bays)]: Habitat of Zostera marina, Z. caulescens (southernmost limit), Ecklonia kurome f. latissima (occurring only here and Jino-oshima in Yawatahama City), Ecklonia cava, a closely related species to Sargassum macrocarpum, and submarine forests.
[Miura-kaigan (beach) and Koajiro-wan (bay)]: Habitat of Zostera caulescens.
[Ena-wan, Ooura-kaigan, and Miura-kaigan]: Habitat of Zostera japonica. |
Marine
algae |
Nearshore waters
from Bishamon
to Kenzaki |
Northern limit of the subtropical algae. Rich in species diversity. |
Seagrasses,
Marine
algae |
Otawa-wan |
Habitat of Zostera marina, Z. caulescens, Z. japonica, Eisenia bicyclis, Ecklonia kurome, Ecklonia cava, a closely related species to Sargassum macrocarpum, Ulva pertusa, U. fasciata and Halophila ovalis (possibly northern limit). |
| Benthos |
Koajiro-wan |
This site contains an extremely well preserved series of natural topographies that occur as a water system that consists of a river running among natural forests, an estuary and an inlet. Amphidromous animals such as Chiromantes haematocheir and Eriocheir japonicus abound in the bay. |
| Benthos |
Ena-wan |
Inlet tidal flat with salt marshes dominated by Phragmites communis communities. Habitat of Batillaria cumingii, Macrophthalmus japonicus and Ilyoplax pusilla. |
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