Okinawa
No.485
Spring Lines and Rice Paddies in Kapira
Criteria for selection
:2
(Click to enlarge photo)
City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type
Biota
Habitat
Reason for selection
Ishigaki C
Spring lines,
Rice paddies
Freshwater
algae
Kapira
One of the rare habitats in Japan (the only habitat in Okinawa Prefecture) of
Compsopogonopsis japonica
(red algae), classified as Endangered (EN) or Critically Endangered (CR).
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