Mutsu Coral
Rhizopsammia minuta mutsuensis
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A small non-reef-building stony coral found along Japanese coasts, including around Tobishima in Yamagata. Its yellow polyps are connected by stolons and form colonies, and it tolerates low water temperatures. Its Tobishima habitat is designated a prefectural Natural Monument as the Tobishima Coral Community Site, together with other corals.
- 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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